Continuing
Education
Credits: 16

Course #1: Implant and Periodontal Plastic Surgery in the Esthetic Zone

September 23-24, 2010
September 22-23, 2011

We live in a culture that judges its members by appearances. To us, a smile echoes health, wealth, demeanor and worth. Any departure from the ideal—missing front teeth or altered gingival contours especially—devalues a person.

This course trains you to perfect the dentition with periodontal plastic surgery and to restore anterior edentulous areas with implants indistinguishable from natural teeth.

We provide a step-by-step tutorial that enables you to diagnose, design and refine soft tissue and implant cosmetics for your own patients. Live surgery and a hands-on practicum shall cement your knowledge. In particular, we will showcase the newest as well as most predictable grafting methods known to attain a harmonious smile.

What you'll learn

Constituents of an ideal smile

Smile design

Implant esthetics and surgical techniques

  • Optimal dimensions
  • Guide fabrication
  • Socket preservation versus immediate implantation
  • Ideal provisionalization
  • Papilla regeneration

Gingival esthetics and surgical techniques

  • Soft tissue augmentation
    • Autografts: Connective tissue, free gingival, reconstructive flaps
    • Allograft: Acellular dermal matrix (AlloDerm®)
    • Guided tissue regeneration: membranes
  • Esthetic crown lengthening
    • Two-stage technique
  • New biologically active enhancers
    • Enamel matrix derivative (Emdogain®)
    • Platelet-derived growth factor (Gem 21S®)
    • Plasma rich in growth factors (PrGF)
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