Soft Tissue Immersion
Soft Tissue Immersion
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Our brand new and improved soft tissue for implants course! After this 2-day hands-on course, you’ll gain the knowledge to replicate predictable results with soft tissues.
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What you can expect
Success in restorative and implant dentistry is highly dependent on soft tissue health. This course
will first review the determinants that are necessary to establish mucogingival health and stability. This will be followed by a review of the diagnosis, treatment planning, and decision-making process for managing different soft
tissue defects around implants.
A focus will then be made on the different techniques involved in soft tissue harvest and grafting around implants. This will be done didactically first followed by hands-on exercises to implement these techniques.
Participants who complete this course should be able to diagnose, plan and treat a variety of mucogingival deficiency cases.
Topics we'll cover
Buccal and lingual flap management in full arch cases
Soft tissue protocol for implants in the esthetic zone
Vertical tissue augmentation with tenting technique
Lingually positioned flap and lingual FGG
Soft tissue requirements for teeth and dental implants
Diagnosis and classification of soft tissue defects
Materials, grafts, and armamentarium
Decision making in soft tissue grafting
Suturing and importance of microsurgery
Harvesting techniques for autogenous tissue:
Connective tissue harvest from palate
Free gingival graft harvest from palate
Tuberosity harvest
Harvesting from retromolar area and edentulous ridges
Techniques for treatment of recession
Techniques for mucogingival deficiencies
Techniques for volume deficiencies
Post-operative care and medications
Techniques for treatment of recession:
Coronally advanced flap for single teeth
Coronally advanced flap for multiple teeth
Tunneling procedures
Free gingival grafts
Alloderm for root coverage
Techniques for mucogingival deficiencies:
Apically positioned flap
Lingually positioned flap
Vestibuloplasty
Free gingival graft/strip techniques
Techniques for volume deficiencies:
VISTA flaps with CTG
Rotated palatal pedicle
Tunnel approaches with CTG
Roll flap and modifications
Hands-on training
Implant placement with an apically positioned flap
Vestibuloplasty and FGG around an implant
Immediate implant placement with CTG
Implant placement with vertical tissue augmentation
Rotated palatal pedicle to cover GBR site
FGG and CTG harvest