COURSE OBJECTIVES

• • Understand the etiology of recession

• • Indications for grafting

• • Classifying recession to predict treatment outcomes

• • Review of current microsurgical grafting techniques and applications. Pros/cons of various grafting approaches will be discussed

• DERMAL GRAFT TECHNIQUES: 
  • In-depth procedural review
  • Review of surgical instrumentation, flap designs, suturing techniques
  • Recipient site preparation
  • The rationale for using acellular dermal grafts
  • Review of surgical instrumentation
  • Healing phases and treatment outcomes
  • Post-surgical management
  • Identifying treatment risks and managing surgical and post-surgical complications

AGENDA

Periodontal soft tissue procedures: lecture with Dr. Sonia Leziy

Demonstration cases with Dr. Sonia Leziy

Hands-on Surgery with All Participants (supervised by Dr. Sonia Leziy)

• • Assistants for each participant are requested to present by 10:45AM for the second surgery performed by Sonia

• • Dentists should plan to be present by 7:30AM for orientation and case review. 8am - 9am: Lecture presented by Dr. Sonia Leziy 9am - 10:30am: Observe first live surgery performed by Dr. Leziy 11am - 12pm: Observe second live surgery with your CDA - performed by Dr. Leziy

• • Patient scheduled for treatment by participants should plan to arrive by 12:45. 1:pm - 3:30pm: Live Surgery with your patient

• Participants will have the opportunity to treat 1 of their own patients. Case should be pre-selected by the participant. We strongly encourage you to forward in electronic format, photographs of the case that you intend to treat, in order to make this the best learning experience possible. With pre-approval, the opportunity to treat a second region within the same patient may be possible.

REQUIREMENTS

1 Participants must provide their own patient and a certified dental assistant must accompany you.

2 Equipment and supplies that you must bring:

• • • Protective eye-wear for you and your assistant
    • Any illumination or magnification that you currently use for treatment
    • Masks and gloves for you and your assistant
    • Your patient and their chart/radiographs
    • Your prescription pads

3 All other equipment and supplies will be provided for this surgery, including:

• • • A list of all instruments that are used for this surgery and post surgical instructions will be provided for reference
    • Complete surgical set-up and all required disposable instruments/materials
    • Anesthetic, blades and sutures will be supplied
    • Post-surgical patient kit/instructions will be provided
    • There is no charge to your patient for materials

CASE SELECTION

• • Ideally, cases should be limited to the anterior dentition or premolars, since molar access will make this a more difficult learning experience.

• • Patients should be in good health or have controlled systemic disease.

• • Ideally, avoid selection of patients on anti-coagulation therapy for this session. ASA should be discontinued 10 days prior to treatment, with consent of the physician.

• • Please identify drug or latex allergies.

• • If your patient has questions about this procedure, please try to answer them prior to the appointment, or contact us so that we may speak to them prior to the appointment.

• • Please plan to follow-up on your patients healing at 10 days and 21 days post-op in your own practice. If healing is slow, additional follow-ups may be required.  We make every effort possible to be available to help you and your patient should adverse events (bleeding emergencies, infection, unusual healing) occur during the early healing phase.