Description
Periodontal Surgery Foundations
Hands-on Workshop on SUNDAY
A RARE one-day lecture and hands-on experience!
Arianna Damian, DDS – Periodontist
Richard G. Stevenson III, DDS – Restorative Dentist
This course is an introduction to the foundational periodontal surgical techniques. Participants will learn about diagnosis and treatment for periodontal disease and mucogingival defects. The aim of the course is to help participants to become more familiar with basic surgical techniques including flap design and suturing. In the first half of the course, we will focus on understanding how to diagnose and treat periodontal disease. We will cover the surgical techniques for the treatment of periodontal defects and the use of adjunctive chemotherapeutics. Participants will then be led through a hands-on workshop where they will complete flap and osseous surgery on a pig jaw. The second half of the course will focus on the diagnosis and treatment of mucogingival defects. We will be discussing the rationale for mucogingival surgery and the surgical techniques for free gingival and connective tissue grafts. Participants will then be led through a hands-on workshop where they will complete a free gingival and connective tissue surgery on a pig jaw.
Join Dr. Damian and Dr. Richard Stevenson for the 1-day course which will focus on guiding you towards periodontal surgery excellence!
TOPICS:
- Diagnosis of Periodontal Disease (2022 UPDATE)
- Rationale for surgical therapy
- Indications for surgical therapy
- Surgical technique for flap osseous surgery
- Adjunctive chemotherapeutic treatment choices
- Diagnosis of mucogingival defects
- Rationale for mucogingival surgery
- Surgical technique for free gingival and connective tissue grafts
- The use of biologic agents as adjuncts to treatment
- Anesthesia, pain management and post-operative care
Workshop Exercises
- Full-thickness flap preparation
- Osseous recontouring (Osteoplasty/Ostectomy)
- Split thickness flap preparation
- free gingival graft technique
- connective tissue graft technique
- Suturing techniques
Learning Objectives
- Understand the latest changes in periodontal disease: diagnosis and surgery
- How to design the ideal full-thickness and mucogingival flaps
- Learn how to contour bone for better results
- Learn connective tissue graft techniques
- Learn how to suture flaps and grafts
- Learn how to use the periodontal surgery armamentaria
- Gain the confidence and knowledge necessary to treat periodontal surgery cases
