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Volume 39 , Issue 6
November/December 2019
Pages 845–852

Demonstration of Radiographic Bone Fill in Postextraction Sockets Using a Novel Implant-Site Development Technique: A Retrospective Comparative Case Series

Bálint Molnár, DMD, PhD/Tibor Deutsch, PhD/Rita Marton, DMD/Kristóf Orbán, DMD/Anna Martin, DMD/Peter Windisch, DMD, PhD

PMID: 31613946
DOI: 10.11607/prd.4106

The objective of this study was to compare the novel extraction-site development (XSD) technique with spontaneous healing. Advanced alveolar defects (extraction defect sounding, classes 3 and 4) at 33 single-rooted teeth were treated by XSD (test), and 21 extraction sites of single-rooted teeth were left for spontaneous healing (control). In pre- and postoperative cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) data sets, orovestibular and vertical socket dimensions were assessed, as were socket areas. XSD resulted in complication-free healing with significantly higher radiographic bone fill compared to spontaneous healing. Application of the XSD approach may reduce the need for augmentative procedures during implant placement.

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