General information
  • Disease category Periodontal diseases (BASEC)
  • Study Phase N/A (ICTRP)
  • Recruitment status recruitment completed (BASEC/ICTRP)
  • Trial sites
    Zurich
    (BASEC)
  • Contact Prof.Dr. Daniel Thoma Research.RZM@zzm.uzh.ch (BASEC)
  • Data Source(s) BASEC: Import from 25.04.2025 ICTRP: Import from 28.11.2025
  • Last update 28.11.2025 02:00
HumRes58832 | SNCTP000004532 | BASEC2020-01645 | DRKS00022286

Multicenter, randomized, controlled clinical study comparing immediate loading to delayed loading of dental implants using a fully digital workflow

  • Disease category Periodontal diseases (BASEC)
  • Study Phase N/A (ICTRP)
  • Recruitment status recruitment completed (BASEC/ICTRP)
  • Trial sites
    Zurich
    (BASEC)
  • Contact Prof.Dr. Daniel Thoma Research.RZM@zzm.uzh.ch (BASEC)
  • Data Source(s) BASEC: Import from 25.04.2025 ICTRP: Import from 28.11.2025
  • Last update 28.11.2025 02:00

Summary description of the study

In this study, two procedures for final crown placement after implant insertion are compared. Patients are randomly assigned to two treatment groups: in one group, the final crown is placed three days after implantation, while patients in the other group receive the final crown three months after implantation. Patients are then observed for up to one year after crown placement.

(BASEC)

Intervention under investigation

The interventions studied are immediate implant loading vs. delayed implant loading.

In the first procedure, an optical intraoral impression is taken immediately after implantation and sent to the dental laboratory. The dental laboratory then fabricates the final reconstruction, which is placed on the patient within three days after implant insertion.

In the second procedure, an optical intraoral impression is taken one month after implantation and sent to the dental laboratory. The dental laboratory fabricates the final reconstruction, and the final reconstruction is placed three months after implantation.

(BASEC)

Disease under investigation

Tooth loss

(BASEC)

Criteria for participation in trial
- Patients ≥ 18 years old - Patients requiring at least two unilateral implants in the molar region either in the upper or lower jaw (excluding third molars) (only single-tooth crowns) - Primary implant stability with torque > 30 N (BASEC)

Exclusion criteria
- Pregnant or breastfeeding women - Systemic or local conditions that contraindicate implant treatment - Smokers (>10 cigarettes/day) (BASEC)

Trial sites

Zurich

(BASEC)

South Korea, Switzerland (ICTRP)

Sponsor

Zentrum für Zahnmedizin, Klinik für Rekonstruktive Zahnmedizin, Zurich

(BASEC)

Contact

Contact Person Switzerland

Prof.Dr. Daniel Thoma

+41 44 634 33 11

Research.RZM@zzm.uzh.ch

Zentrum für Zahnmedizin, Klinik für Rekonstruktive Zahnmedizin

(BASEC)

General Information

University of ZrichCenter of Dental MedicineClinic of Reconstructive Dentistry

+41 44 63433 11

roland.jung@zzm.uzh.ch

(ICTRP)

Scientific Information

University of Z?richCenter of Dental MedicineClinic of Reconstructive Dentistry

+41 44 63433 11

roland.jung@zzm.uzh.ch

(ICTRP)

Name of the authorising ethics committee (for multicentre studies, only the lead committee)

Ethics Committee Zurich

(BASEC)

Date of authorisation

06.07.2021

(BASEC)


ICTRP Trial ID
DRKS00022286 (ICTRP)

Official title (approved by ethics committee)
Multicenter randomized controlled clinical trial comparing immediate to delayed loading in dental implant treatment applying a full-digital workflow (BASEC)

Academic title
Multicenter randomized controlled clinical trial comparing immediate to delayed loading in dental implant treatment applying a full-digital workflow - IL vs DL (ICTRP)

Public title
Multicenter randomized controlled clinical trial comparing immediate to delayed loading in dental implant treatment applying a full-digital workflow (ICTRP)

Disease under investigation

K00-K14Diseases of oral cavity, salivary glands and jaws (ICTRP)

Intervention under investigation
Group 1: Immediate implant loading, within 3-7 days after implant placement
Group 2: Delayed implant loading, after 3 months of implant placement (ICTRP)

Type of trial
interventional (ICTRP)

Trial design
Allocation: Randomized controlled study; Masking: Open (masking not used); Control: active; Assignment: parallel; Study design purpose: treatment (ICTRP)

Inclusion/Exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - In need of at least two or more unilateral implants at the posterior region either in the maxilla or the mandible (excl. third molars) (single crowns only)
- Primary implant stability with insertion torque > 30N
- Presence of two adjacent teeth at the implant site
- Adequate oral hygiene (Bleeding on probing <20% Plaque index <20%)
- Capability to comply with the study procedures
- Signed Informed Consent Form (ICTRP)

Exclusion criteria: - Pregnant or lactating women
- Systemic or local conditions presenting a contraindication to implant treatment
- Known or suspected non-compliance, drug or alcohol abuse
- Smokers (>10 cigarettes/day)
- Currently taking drugs that influence bone metabolism
- Use of bisphosphonates in the last 4 years
- History of malignancy, radiotherapy or chemotherapy for malignancy in the past 5 years

Primary and secondary end points
Patients� satisfaction using Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) (VAS), after 12 months. (ICTRP)

- Perceived difficulty/ease of use rated by dentists evaluated (VAS)
- Patient�s reported outcome measures (patient�s expectations, and OHIP-14
- Efficiency (time)
- Marginal bone level (implant shoulder to first bone-to-implant-contact) after insertion of the final reconstruction, 6 months and 1-year follow-up
- Implant survival at 6 months and 1-year follow-up
- Schedule of visits plus and additional visits (efficiency)
- Treatment cost
- Peri-implant clinical parameters ( PD,PI, BOP, REC,KER, at the implant sites after insertion of the final reconstruction, at 6 months and at 1-year follow-up
- Implant-supported crown height after insertion of the final reconstruction, at 6 months and 1-year follow-up
- Accuracy of implant position
- Fit of final reconstruction after its insertion
- Technical outcomes (efficacy/USPHS) after insertion of the final reconstruction, and at 1-year follow-up (ICTRP)

Registration date
20.01.2022 (ICTRP)

Incorporation of the first participant
31.01.2022 (ICTRP)

Secondary sponsors
not available

Additional contacts
Roland E. Jung, roland.jung@zzm.uzh.ch, +41 44 63433 11, University of ZrichCenter of Dental MedicineClinic of Reconstructive Dentistry (ICTRP)

Secondary trial IDs
2020-01645 (ICTRP)

Results-Individual Participant Data (IPD)
No (ICTRP)

Further information on the trial
http://drks.de/search/en/trial/DRKS00022286 (ICTRP)

Results of the trial

Results summary

not available

Link to the results in the primary register

not available