Soft Tissue Topics to be covered:

• 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

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Harvesting techniques for autogenous tissue:

1. Connective tissue harvest from palate

2. Free gingival graft harvest from palate

3. Tuberosity harvest

4. Harvesting from retromolar area and edentulous ridges

Techniques for treatment of recession:

1. Coronally advanced flap for single teeth

2. Coronally advanced flap for multiple teeth

3. Tunneling procedures

4. Free gingival grafts

Techniques for mucogingival deficiencies:

1. Apically positioned flaps

2. Vestibuloplasty

3. Free gingival graft/strip techniques

Techniques for volume deficiencies:

1. VISTA flaps with CTG

2. Tunnel approaches with CTG

3. Roll flap and modifications

 

• Post-operative care and medications

• Complications and management​

 

​Course Description:

 

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 teeth and implants.

A focus will then be made on the different techniques involved in soft tissue harvest and grafting around teeth and 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 recession and mucogingival deficiency cases.

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• Soft Tissue Hands on Training:

1. Microsurgical suturing exercises

2. Harvest of autogenous tissue from palate and tuberosity

3. Apically positioned flaps

4. Free gingival graft

5. Coronally advanced flaps

6. Tunneling techniques

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