Preserving jawbone after tooth removal using your own tooth and metformin
Part of Mouth & dental clinical trials.
This study tests whether using your own tooth (after it's removed) as a graft, along with a common diabetes medicine called metformin, can help preserve the jawbone where the tooth was pulled. This may help keep the area strong for a future dental implant.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are 18 years old or older.
- You need to have one tooth removed that is not a molar (not your back grinding tooth).
- The bone on the cheek side of that tooth is more than half gone (over 50% bone loss).
- You are not pregnant, not a smoker, and have good oral hygiene.
- You do not have an active infection at the root of the tooth being removed.
- You do not have uncontrolled diabetes, a weakened immune system, or take bisphosphonate medications (bone-strengthening drugs).
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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