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The use of acellular dermal matrix membrane for vertical soft tissue augmentation during submerged implant placement: a case series
Author(s) -
Puisys Algirdas,
Vindasiute Egle,
Linkevciene Laura,
Linkevicius Tomas
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
clinical oral implants research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.407
H-Index - 161
eISSN - 1600-0501
pISSN - 0905-7161
DOI - 10.1111/clr.12401
Subject(s) - soft tissue , implant , medicine , biomedical engineering , matrix (chemical analysis) , materials science , dentistry , surgery , composite material
Objective To evaluate the efficiency of acellular dermal matrix membrane to augment vertical peri‐implant soft tissue thickness during submerged implant placement. Material and methods Forty acellular dermal matrix‐derived allogenic membranes (AlloDerm, BioHorizons, Birmingham, AL , USA ) and 42 laser‐modified surface internal hex implants (BioHorizons Tapered Laser Lok, Birmingham, AL , USA ) were placed in submerged approach in 40 patients (15 males and 25 females, mean age 42.5 ± 1.7) with a thin vertical soft tissue thickness of 2 mm or less. After 3 months, healing abutments were connected to implants, and the augmented soft tissue thickness was measured with periodontal probe. The gain in vertical soft tissue volume was calculated. Mann–Whitney U ‐test was applied and significance was set to 0.05. Results All 40 allografts healed successfully. Thin soft tissue before augmentation had an average thickness of 1.54 ± 0.51 mm SD (range, 0.5–2.0 mm, median 1.75 mm), and after soft tissue augmentation with acellular dermal matrix, thickness increased to 3.75 ± 0.54 mm SD (range, 3.0–5.0 mm, median 4.0 mm) at 3 months after placement. This difference between medians was found to be statistically significant ( P < 0.001). Mean increase in soft tissue thickness was 2.21 ± 0.85 mm SD (range, 1.0–4.5 mm, median 2.0 mm). Conclusions It can be concluded that acellular dermal matrix membrane can be successfully used for vertical soft tissue augmentation.