SOFT TISSUE

Intermediate Soft Tissue:

This course is designed for clinicians with intermediate experience in implant dentistry, who are looking to gain clinical knowledge and surgical skills required to perform peri-implant soft tissue grafting, as well as periodontal plastic surgery procedures at noncompromised sites.

Emphasis will be placed on:

• Patient evaluation

• Anatomic and biologic material science

• Tissue engineering concepts

• Surgical principles related to performing gingival and connective tissue grafting for implant site development and root coverage procedures

Clinicians will gain experience with:

• Conventional and microsurgical soft tissue instrumentation

• Operatory set up

• Aseptic technique

• Contemporary donor and recipient site procedures that minimize patient morbidity and maximize procedural success 

This course will help doctors become proficient in:

• Tissue flaps and surgical approaches used in implant surgery, periodontal plastic surgery, and soft tissue implant site development

• Epithelialized palatal mucosal grafting (gingival grafting)

• Subepithelial connective tissue grafting (palatal and tuberosity)

• Use of soft tissue graft substitutes

Surgical assistants will receive training in the following areas:

• Identifying patients who would benefit from the soft tissue augmentation and periodontal plastic surgery procedures learned in this course

• Patient consultation and case presentation

• Informed consent

• Operatory set up

• Aseptic technique

• Protocols for effective surgical assisting

• Care and  maintenance of instrumentation and equipment

• Inventory control of supplies and materials

• Peri-operative patient management, including placement and removal of periodontal dressings and adjustment and reline of provisional prosthesis

This course will help surgical assistants with implementation of the Sclar Center Clinical Patient Management Protocols learned in this course for successful management of patients who undergo peri-implant soft tissue grafting and other periodontal plastic surgery procedures.

Detail:
24 hours of CE credits are given for this-3 day certificate course. Although no prerequisite is required for this course, participants are expected to have intermediate experience in dental implant surgery and demonstrate proficiency in the dental implant surgery procedures detailed in the Sclar Center (Essentials Fundamental and Essential Intermediate courses). Additionally, students should become familiar with the precourse reading materials that will be supplied in advance. Students are encouraged to make hotel arrangements at the nearby Sonesta Bayfront Hotel in Coconut Grove. Transportation to and from the Sclar Center will be provided.

Tuition:
$3,695