Soft Tissue for the General Dental Practice
By: Lincoln Harris, Florin Bobia
9 parts (5 GB) (9H)
Soft Tissue for the General Dental Practice Lecture - Lincoln Harris and Florin Bobia
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Part 1:
Just because you can do a Soft Tissue graft doesn't mean that you should!
The less you disturb the tissues the better
Split Flaps
The basic skills for Soft Tissue grafting
Suturing techniques
Implants
Part 2:
Case Presentation
The importance of blood supply
It's easy to do crown lengthening, it's not easy to have it finish precisely where you want
The Zentith is always to the distal of the midline
Always plan
Wherever you start the suture is where the knot will be
Part 3:
Case presentation
What you need to worry about in Soft Tissue grafting
What's the difference between a split flap and a full thickness flap?
Harvesting the graft
Part 4:
Case Presentation
Vertical mattress suturing
Soft Tissue surgery already looks dreadful a week after
Harvesting grafts
Allow plenty of time for your appointments!
Part 5:
Case Presentation
Prepping teeth prior to Soft Tissue grafts
Tunneling procedures
Part 6:
Multiple layering and grafting
Complex procedure
Complex split flap
Case Presentation of a patient who smokes with 4 year follow up photos
Part 7:
Case presentation
Grafting in layers
Soft Tissue grafting around Implants
Vertical augmentation
Bone mesh
Part 8:
Case presentation
Multiple videos
When splitting the tooth cut buccal to palate
Buccal bone can be fractured when splitting the tooth
Part 9:
Case presentation from 8 years ago with follow up photos
Restore and graft at the same time
Toothbrush trauma
You can harvest the palate every 3 months for a graft
Low risk of infection using a patients own tissue for grafting
