S111
Esthetic Soft Tissue Management “A to Z”
2:30 PM-4:30 PM
26A-B (San Diego Convention Center)
Esthetic Soft Tissue Management “A to Z”
This is a ticketed session.
Daniel Cullum DDS
Coeur d' Alene, ID, USA
Soft tissue management is a critical component of implant reconstruction. As surgeons, our ability to predictably develop soft tissue quality and quantity at implant sites is critical for a successful outcome. This course will discuss patient assessment and planning for a continuum of treatment challenges, from using a minimally invasive perspective with extraction site management to recession defects through more complex bone and soft tissue defects. We will focus on procedural details and patient care that will enhance results with modified flap design for apical or lateral repositioning, free connective tissue grafting with closed donor site harvest, split thickness and full thickness recipient preparation, pedicle flap design and modifications, vestibular flap fixation, and combination procedures. Attendees will be challenged to advance their soft tissue management with progressive skill development in situations that present routinely in our practices.
- Identify clinical defects that are difficult to manage successfully.
- Assess the use of different approaches to solve quality and quantity soft tissue challenges.
- Apply progressive soft tissue skill sets to advance patient care.