Immediate implant placement in Type II socket using vestibular socket therapy with pericardial membrane versus simultaneous guided bone regeneration (randomized controlled clinical trial)

Immediate implant placement with flap elevation and guided bone regeneration in Type II sockets often leads to midfacial gingival recession and compromised esthetics. To address these limitations, vestibular socket therapy (VST) has been proposed as an alternative technique....

No actionable change for audiology practice; this trial is entirely within oral/dental surgery and has no relevance to hearing or vestibular care.

This trial has no relevance to audiology; it appears to have been included in error and should not inform hearing-care practice or research priorities.

1. 01RCT published in BMC Oral Health comparing immediate dental implant placement techniques in compromised sockets (Type II).
2. 02Intervention arm used vestibular socket therapy with a pericardial (heart-lining tissue) membrane.
3. 03Control arm used simultaneous guided bone regeneration, a standard technique for socket bone preservation.
4. 04Primary focus is on bone and soft-tissue outcomes in oral/dental surgery — outside the audiology domain.
5. 05This article appears to have been included in the feed erroneously; it has no hearing-health content.

PMID

42185891

DOI

10.1186/s12903-026-08626-7.

Journal

BMC Oral Health

Publication type

research_article

Evidence level

1b

Population

Dental patients requiring immediate implant placement in Type II sockets (compromised bone)

Intervention

Immediate implant placement using vestibular socket therapy with pericardial membrane

Comparator

Simultaneous guided bone regeneration