Role of Hyaluronic Acid in Bone Healing After Dental Extraction

Summary

This is a randomized controlled trial with a split mouth design. Patients with an indication of lower dental extraction will be asked to join this research project at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at University of Damascus Dental School. Each patient whose case requires bilateral extraction, one side will serve as an experimental side, whereas the other side will serve as a control. Participants should have symmetric teeth that need extraction in the lower jaw. Hyaluronic acid will be injected following extraction in one of the two sides with random allocation. cone-beam computerized tomography (CBCT) images will be taken for each participant immediately post-extraction and at six months post-operatively.

Timeline

Start

2014-12

Primary completion

2015-08

Completion

2015-09

Publications

• Background Baldini A, Zaffe D, Nicolini G. Bone-defects healing by high-molecular hyaluronic acid: preliminary results. Ann Stomatol (Roma). 2010 Jan;1(1):2-7. Epub 2010 Jun 29.
• Background Cardaropoli G, Araujo M, Hayacibara R, Sukekava F, Lindhe J. Healing of extraction sockets and surgically produced - augmented and non-augmented - defects in the alveolar ridge. An experimental study in the dog. J Clin Periodontol. 2005 May;32(5):435-40. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-051X.2005.00692.x.
• Background de Brito Bezerra B, Mendes Brazao MA, de Campos ML, Casati MZ, Sallum EA, Sallum AW. Association of hyaluronic acid with a collagen scaffold may improve bone healing in critical-size bone defects. Clin Oral Implants Res. 2012 Aug;23(8):938-42. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0501.2011.02234.x. Epub 2011 Jun 21.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.