title: Efficacy evaluation of a new buccal bone plate preservation technique: a pilot study.
abstract: Twenty extraction sockets in 16 patients were included in this study. Ten were treated with buccal plate preservation (BPP, test group), which consisted of placing a bone graft overlying the buccal plate in a surgically created pouch, and 10 were left untreated (control). Pre- and postoperative differences in buccolingual dimension at the midpoint of the extraction area were calculated using study casts. Statistically significant differences were found between the test group (mean, 0.85 ± 0.75 mm) and control group (mean, 0.9 ± 0.65 mm, P < .5). Clinically, BPP after extraction may help to maintain or augment the soft tissue appearance compared to nontreatment.
authors.affiliation: Piazza Prati degli Strozzi, Rome, Italy. fbrugnami@gmail.com
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Brugnami
authors.forename: Alfonso
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Caiazzo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016301:Alveolar Bone Loss / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010865:Pilot Projects; D014081:Tooth Extraction / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D014945:Wound Healing; D055815:Young Adult