Mucogingival surgery: root coverage protocols 2.0

– Recessions: etiology and classification

– Root coverage: prognostic factors

– Tunnel techniques: technical features

– Criteria for successful treatment of recessions

– Indications for the use of a connective tissue graft

– The effect of Emdogain on periodontal tissue

– Connective tissue graft: donor zones

– Tunneling approach: demonstration of the methodology

– VISTA methodology: video demonstration

– The "Zipper technique"

– Techniques for closing multiple recessions.

Recommended for: Periodontists.

– Types of complications in the root coverage

– Root coverage success criteria 

– Root coverage decision tree 

– Surgical technical notes

– Prognostic factors to achieve predictable outcomes 

– Indications for root coverage that appeared after orthodontic treatment

– Protocol for the xenograft using in root coverage

– Non carious cervical lesions: tactics.

Recommended for: Periodontists.

– Types of complications in the root coverage

– Root coverage success criteria 

– Root coverage decision tree 

– Surgical technical notes

– Prognostic factors to achieve predictable outcomes 

– Indications for root coverage that appeared after orthodontic treatment

– Protocol for the xenograft using in root coverage

– Non carious cervical lesions: tactics

– CEY identification

– Methods for the phenotype of soft tissues evaluation

– Graft necrosis: reasons and tactics.

Recommended for: Periodontists.

– Classification of localised gingival recessions

– Diagnostics of the mucogingival lesions and planing their treatment to achieve the best possible outcomes

– Gingival recession lockalized in the maxilla: classification, diagnosis and treatment approaches

– Treatment standards for root coverage

– Using of autologous grafts in combination with the envelope technique for single tooth recession

– The tunnel technique for the treatment of multiple adjacent tooth recession: step-by-step protocol

– Coronally advanced flap: step-by-step protocol

– Technique of connective tissue graft sampling.

Recommended for: Periodontists.

– How to diagnose a gingival recession? 

– Clinical and anatomical cement-enamel junction

– Non-carious cervical defects: associated with gingival recession

– Classification of gingival recession

– Prognosis of root coverage procedure

– How to determine the maximum root coverage achievable?

– Etiology of gingival recession

– Indications and goals for surgical treatment of gingival recession.

Recommended for: Periodontists.

– Palatal anatomy and its influence in choosing the proper harvesting technique  

– Techniques available in the literature:

-  trap door

-  L-incision technique

-  single incision technique.

– De-epithelialized free gingival graft technique: step-by-step surgical technique

– Advantages and disadvantages of different harvesting techniques

– Primary intention palatal wound healing

– Complication of the de-epithelialized free gingival graft technique.

Recommended for: Periodontists.

– Prognostic factors in the gingival recession treatment 

– Coronally advanced flap in the treatment of single gingival recession: step-by-step surgical technique, indications and contraindications

– Coronally advanced flap (envelope flap) in the treatment of multiple gingival recession: step-by-step surgical technique, indications and contraindications

– When applying the connective tissue graft

– Connective tissue graft substitute.

Recommended for: Periodontists.

– History of concepts for management of gingival recession defects

– Periodontal phenotype

– Review of classic surgical techniques for the treatment of periodontal diseases

– Advantages of VISTA technique 

– Mucosal split-thickness vs mucosal full-thickness flap

– Significance of periodontal phenotype in long-term stability of periodontal tissues

– Decision making on when phenotype modification therapy is necessary and whether augmentation of mucosa and/or alveolar bone augmentation is needed

– The VISTA protocol for phenotype modification therapy.

Recommended for: Periodontists, Implantologists, Oral and maxillofacial surgeons, General dentists.

– Material selection: 

- Connective tissue (palate and tuberosity) 

- Acellular dermis allograft

- Collagen matrix xenograft

- Platelet-fibrin concentrates

- Growth factors.

– Step-by-step video demonstrations of VISTA technique 

– Interdisciplinary approach to complex case treatment.

Recommended for: Periodontists, Implantologists, Oral and maxillofacial surgeons, General dentists.