Long- Term Follow-up of Extraction Socket Management

Long- Term Follow-up of Extraction Socket Management : Clinical Outcomes and Hard Tissue Changes

Twenty-nine patients needing single tooth replacement in aesthetic area were treated by extraction and socket preservation with saddle connective tissue graft between September 2009 and February 2012. Computed Tomography scan were taken at baseline just after the surgery and 3 months later. Long- term evaluation of this particular socket management procedure was evaluated by recalling successfully seventeen of theses patients in June 2016. At this time, a clinical and radiographical consultation was done and Cone Beam CT was taken. Horizontal and vertical bone dimensional changes were then assessed thanks to 3D imaging analysis and esthetic and implants outcomes were evaluated.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Good general health (ASA 1, 2)
• Controlled periodontitis
• >18 years of age or signed consent by the parents
• Smoking history of<10 cigarettes per day
• Signed informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnancy or lactation
• Concurrent participation in another trial
• Bone disease or the use of medications that interfered with bone metabolism
• History of head and neck radio- therapy
• Presence of dehiscence or fenestration on bone wall of the socket.