This two-day hands-on course is designed for clinicians who would like to learn and incorporate soft tissue management into their daily practice. Basic surgical skills are a prerequisite to the course.

The didactic component begins this course with a review on periodontal anatomy, fundamentals of wound healing and different types of soft tissue defects. In addition, this course will provide techniques to harvest grafts for different indications, alternatives to autogenous grafts and advanced techniques and indications for soft tissue grafting around implants.

During the hands-on component of this course, participants will immediately benefit from the opportunity to practice these new techniques directly on pig jaws in a clinical setting and engage in discussions during the Q&A and break sessions.

Topics include/h3>

• Basic surgical instrumentations and armamentarium
• Suturing techniques
• Soft tissue grafting indications on teeth and implants
• Connective tissue and free gingival grafts harvesting and stabilisation techniques
• Clinical applications of enamel matrix derivative
• Alternatives to autogenous grafts
• Management of complications

Learning Objectives

• Understanding indications for soft tissue grafting around teeth and Implants
• Learning different incisions and flap designs
• Learning graft harvesting and management of the recipient and donor sites
• Learning soft tissue handling and tension free closure
• Learning different suturing techniques
• Learning about alternatives to autogenous grafts