Recruiting

Healing Abutments

Sponsor:

Tufts University

Code:

NCT07249242

Conditions

Implant

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Healing Abutment- customized

Healing Abutment- pre fabricated

Study Details

Brief summary:

The purpose of this study is to compare how well our research participants heal with two different kind of healing abutments used. One is pre-fabricated, meaning it is made to fit anyone, and the other is customized to fit the subject specifically. Much of what will occur is 'standard of care' meaning it is part of a subject's typical dental treatment and the research team wants to just look at the data for this research study, as well.

Conditions

Implant

Study ID

NCT07249242

Start date

Jan 22, 2026

Status verified date

Jan, 2026

Completion date

Jan 1, 2028

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jan 1, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients of record at TUSDM who are over 18 years of age
2. Implants placed as immediate or delayed with a torque of ≥ 35 Ncm eligible to receive a healing abutment left exposed to heal;
3. Site of implant placement not requiring soft tissue augmentation at the time of healing abutment placement
4. Sufficient mesial, distal space (7mm for anterior teeth and premolar and 8-9mm for molars) and interocclusal space (7-8mm for screw and cement retained crowns) for definitive restorations (12).

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Unable to give consent
2. active periodontal disease
3. Heavy smoker
4. Pregnant
5. Active infection at implant site

Study Design

Enrollment

48 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

active comparator: Control: Pre Fabricated Healing Abutment

Subjects that are randomized into the control group will have a pre-fabricated healing abutment used.

experimental: Investigational: Customized Healing Abutment

Subjects that are randomized into the control group will have a customized healing abutment used.

Interventions

Healing Abutment- customized

A customized healing abutment will be used on subjects in this study as part of their implant healing process.

Healing Abutment- pre fabricated

A pre-fabricated (pre- made) healing abutment will be used on subjects in this study as part of their implant healing process.

Primary outcome measure

  • Soft tissue healing progress [ Time Frame: 3 months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Lorenzo Mordini

857-299-4168Lorenzo.Mordini@tufts.edu

Ann-Marie Jacobson

dentalresearchadministration@tufts.edu

Locations

Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

Recruiting

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02111

Contacts

Lorenzo Mordini

lorenzo.mordini@tufts.edu

More Information

Sponsor

Tufts University

Last update posted

Jan 22, 2026

Last verified

Jan, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Tufts University on 2026-01-22.