A New Non-invasive Method to Assess and Measure Palatal Masticatory Mucosa Using Dynamic Navigation System

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05124418

Enrollment

Registered

2021-11-18

Start date

2021-09-09

Completion date

2024-06-30

Last updated

2023-02-03

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Conditions

Palatal Masticatory Mucosa Thickness

Keywords

cone beam computed tomography,dynamic navigation,Palatal maticatory mucosa thickness,non-invasive

Brief summary

Periodontal plastic surgery is widely used to improve the esthetic and functional demands of patients. The palatal masticatory mucosa is the main donor area. A lot of methods to evaluate the thickness of palatal soft tissue were used. However, the methods published before were invasive or non-reproducible. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the accuracy of the novel invasive method to evaluate the thickness of palatal masticatory mucosa thickness. Twelve periodontally healthy patients who will have CBCT on maxilla for implant surgery will be recruited in this study. Each patient will be measured at 15 points of palatal masticatory mucosa over canine to the second molar area, it will be done by a dynamic navigation system (test group) and periodontal probe piercing (control group). The data will be analyzed to evaluate the accuracy of dynamic navigation in the measurement of palatal masticatory mucosa thickness.

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TESTpalatal masticatory mucosa thickness measurement

Measure the thickness of palatal masticatory mucosa by a dynamic navigation system (Navident®, ClaroNav Inc., Toronto, Canada) and periodontal probe piercing.

Study design

Allocation

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

20 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

1. Above 20 years old 2. The patient need dental implant surgery in maxilla 3. The patient have at least complete canine to second molar at one side 4. Periodontaliy healthy patients 5. The patient could sign for the consent form.

Exclusion criteria

1. patients can not receive dental implant surgery 2. fuzzy palatal alveolar bone line 3. all maxillary posterior teeth with metal crowns 4. all posterior teeth are missing at one side over maxilla 5. all maxillary posterior teeth with hyper-mobility 6. Pregnancy

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
measure thickness of palatal masticatory mucosa using dynamic navigation system (in mm) and periodontal probe (in mm)	immediately after examination

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Information of palatal masticatory mucosa thickness in Taiwanese people	immediately after examination

Countries

Taiwan

Contacts

Primary ContactCHEN-YING WANG, PhD

jywang8919@ntu.edu.tw+886-972651897

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026