2018 Dental Implant Conference

P04 — Peri-implant Soft-tissue Augmentation: For Health and Esthetics (hands-on workshop)

Presenter(s)

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  Homa Zadeh, DDS, PhD

  Associate Professor and Director
  University of Southern California
  Northridge, California

This course is sold out. Peri-implant bone has long been considered the most critical factor for long-term maintenance of dental implant health. Peri-implant soft tissues have frequently been regarded to be important for esthetics of implant-supported restorations.

However, recent evidence has demonstrated the significance of the quantity and quality of peri-implant mucosa for the long-term health of peri-implant tissues. A decision tree will be presented to determine the need for soft-tissue augmentation. Various of soft-tissue augmentation procedures have been employed for augmentation of peri-implant mucosal deficiencies. The “vestibular incision subperiosteal tunnel access” (VISTA) is particularly well-suited technique for peri-implant, soft-tissue augmentation. The hands-on workshop will provide participants with practical experience of the most important peri-implant, soft-tissue augmentation techniques.

There will be a refreshment break from 3:00 pm—3:30 pm.

Learning Objectives:

• Discuss the significance of peri-implant, soft-tissue biotype and keratinized mucosa.
• Examine various techniques for peri-implant, soft-tissue augmentation: free gingival graft, connective tissue graft, vascularized interpositional (VIP) pedicle graft, coronally advanced flap (CAF), intrasulcular tunneling, VISTA.
• Apply various graft materials: autogenous donor tissue–epithelialized graft, subepithelial connective tissue graft (palatal donor sites, tuberosity), Acellular Dermal Matrix (ADM), Xenogenic Collagen Matrix (XCM), leukocyte platelet rich fibrin (L-PRF).