Soft tissue surgical procedures around teeth and implants

TubulesLive. In this 7 part series, Professor Nikos Donos and Dr. Nikos Mardas discuss and demonstrate soft tissue procedures around teeth and implants.

Soft tissue surgical procedures. Part 1. Hands-on demonstration – the distal wedge - Professor Nikos Donos and Dr. Nikos Mardas

Aims and objectives:

• An overview of how this procedure is performed
• Removal of tissue associated with deep periodontal pockets, around distal surfaces of terminal molars in the arch

Soft tissue surgical procedures. Part 2. Hands-on demonstration – the distal wedge - Professor Nikos Donos and Dr. Nikos Mardas

Aims and objectives:

• How to perform the procedure - distal wedge flaps

Soft tissue surgical procedures. Part 3. Hands-on demonstration – simplified papilla preservation flap and free gingival graft - Professor Nikos Donos and Dr. Nikos Mardas

Aims and objectives:

• Overview of the procedure for a simplified papilla preservation flap
• The process to perform a simplified papilla preservation flap
• Identification of pockets and how to debride granulation tissue

Soft tissue surgical procedures. Part 4. Hands-on demonstration – free gingival graft - Professor Nikos Donos and Dr. Nikos Mardas

Aims and objectives:

• Step by step demonstration of a free gingival graft procedure

Soft tissue surgical procedures. Part 5. Hands-on demonstration – raising a connective tissue graft using the trap door technique - Professor Nikos Donos and Dr. Nikos Mardas

Aims and objectives:

• Understand why it is called a trap door
• Step by step demonstration of a trap door technique

Soft tissue surgical procedures. Part 6. Hands-on demonstration –connective tissue graft with an envelope technique - Professor Nikos Donos and Dr. Nikos Mardas

Aims and objectives:

• Through this demonstration know how to perform the envelope flap and connective tissue graft
• The technique for a sling suture around a tooth

Surgical procedure. Part 7. Hands-on demonstration - guided bone regeneration - Professor Nikos Donos and Dr. Nikos Mardas

Aims and objectives:

• Demonstration of flap release and incisions for GBR
• Examples of the steps for GBR with xenograft particles