2026 Courses and Events

Description:

The success of dental implant therapy is based not only on functional osseointegration, but also on positive esthetic outcomes that create esthetic harmony with the existing dentition when patients smile. This presentation focuses on indications for periodontal plastic surgery around teeth and implants. Treatment planning, timing, and different types of soft tissue grafting are discussed. The hands-on portion demonstrates different techniques of soft tissue grafting around natural teeth and dental implants, as well as the types of instruments used. Participants practice harvesting autogenous gingival grafts.

Learn:

• too understand the importance of soft tissue management around teeth and implants
• to understand the timing of soft tissue grafting around teeth and implants and recognize contraindications and limitations
• identify soft tissue problems around dental implants and how to avoid and manage complications
• how to perform different types of periodontal plastic surgery and the type of instruments used to enhance esthetics

Description:

Adequate bone width and height are critical for short and long-term implant success. This presentation discusses extraction socket classification and the importance of implant site development. It discusses different techniques for horizontal and vertical ridge augmentation and presents the types of bone grafting materials used in ridge augmentation.

• discuss extraction socket presentation and the difference between socket preservation vs. ridge augmentation
• to demonstrate horizontal vs. vertical ridge augmentation
• to describe the ridge splitting technique for gaining ridge width
• present different bone grafting and biologics used in implant site development