Clinical Trial: Buccal Periosteal Inversion Flap vs Buccal Advancement Flap for Acute Oro-Antral Communication Closure

U.S., Oct. 21 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07884331) titled 'Buccal Periosteal Inversion Flap vs Buccal Advancement Flap for Acute Oro-Antral Communication Closure' on Oct. 13.

Brief Summary: This prospective randomized controlled clinical trial will compare the Buccal Periosteal Inversion Flap (BUPI) with the Buccal Advancement Flap (BAF) for the primary surgical closure of acute oro-antral communications (OAC) following tooth extraction in the posterior maxilla.

The primary objective is to determine whether the BUPI technique results in better preservation of keratinized gingival width compared with the BAF technique three months after surgery.

Secondary outcomes include successful closur...