Solid PRF Serves as Basis for Guided Open Wound Healing of the Ridge after Tooth Extraction by Accelerating the Wound...

Systematic evaluations regarding the influence of PRF in ridge sealing are still lacking. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first systemic randomized, controlled, clinical approach dealing with the potential of a systematic applied solid PRF on soft tissue socket healing of molar and premolar extraction sockets with evaluation for up to 90 days. Qualitative and quantitative image analysis showed that PRF contributed to a significantly faster ridge sealing, within the period of 7-10 days in both tooth types. This led to a visibly less contraction at the PRF-treated group sites at day 90. Patients' pain perception demonstrated no statistic significance between both groups (PRF vs. natural healing), but the patients in PRF group seemed to have had less pain throughout the observational period. It becomes evident that PRF is able to serve as a promotor of the secondary wound healing cascade. The guiding capacity of PRF accelerating the process of open ridge healing makes it possible to act as a natural growth factor drug delivery system, providing a more predictable guided open wound healing of the ridge with less contraction of the soft tissue, the latter being a key factor for the subsequent successful dental implantation and oral rehabilitation.