Do Immediate Digital Workflows Increase Patient Value?

Summary

This two-center randomized controlled trial will evaluate whether an immediate digital posterior implant workflow provides greater patient-defined value than a delayed digital workflow in adults requiring single posterior implant rehabilitation. Participants will be randomized 1:1 to immediate implant placement at the time of tooth extraction or to delayed implant placement after approximately 16 weeks of healing following extraction and ridge preservation as indicated. The primary endpoint is oral health-related quality of life assessed longitudinally using the OHIP-14 questionnaire and analyzed as the model-based mean score averaged across the active treatment phase from baseline through definitive crown delivery. Secondary outcomes include workflow-related patient experience, chairside time, number of visits, postoperative pain, buccal contour changes based on intraoral scan-derived volumetric analysis, radiographic marginal bone level changes, implant survival, clinical peri-implant parameters, technical complications, esthetic outcomes, accuracy of guided implant placement, and clinician-reported workflow outcomes.

Conditions

• Dental Implant
• Implant Therapy
• Immediate Dental Implant Placement
• Delayed Implant
• Guided Surgery Accuracy
• Patient-Reported Outcomes (PRO)
• Single Tooth Dental Implant

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Immediate digital posterior implant workflow

Participants allocated to the immediate digital workflow will undergo atraumatic extraction of a non-restorable posterior tooth followed by immediate implant placement during the same surgical session. Implant placement will be performed using a prosthetically driven digital workflow with static guided surgery. Socket management and sealing of the extraction socket will be performed according to the standardized study protocol and local standard of care. Definitive prosthetic restoration will be delivered after the planned healing period.

PROCEDURE

Delayed digital posterior implant workflow

Participants allocated to the delayed digital workflow will undergo atraumatic extraction of a non-restorable posterior tooth followed by alveolar ridge preservation as indicated according to the standardized study protocol and local standard of care. Implant placement will be performed after approximately 16 weeks of healing using a prosthetically driven digital workflow with static guided surgery. Definitive prosthetic restoration will be delivered after the planned healing period.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The University of Hong Kong

  collaborator OTHER

• ITI International Team for Implantology, Switzerland

  collaborator OTHER

• Heinrich-Heine University, Duesseldorf

  lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2026-08-03

Primary Completion

2028-10-31

Completion

2028-10-31

Countries

• Germany
• Hong Kong

Study Locations