The coronally advanced flap: surgical techniques for single and multiple recessions on natural teeth

Aim of this webinar is to show when and how advancement of the pre-existing gingiva is a highly successful surgical procedure when covering gingival recessions is required.

Every kind of reconstructive surgery starts today from techniques aiming at the advancement of the flap in a coronal direction. Therefore surgical procedures using the pre-existing gingiva apical to the recession , both with vertical releasing incisions for the treatment of single root exposure and without for the treatment of multiple adjacent ones, are of great interest for the clinician. The course will illustrate different surgical procedures in different clinical situations in order to achieve predictable results in root coverage.

Program:

- Gingival recessions: pre-operative evaluations / classification

- Indications and contraindications for the coronally advanced flap

- Surgical technique for single recession

- Surgical technique for multiple recessions.