Periodontics

Immediate Implant Success
Dr. Giacomo Tarquini details ultrasonic cavitation techniques for successful immediate implants in infected sockets.
by Dr. Giacomo Tarquini
September 2025
Osseous Resective Surgery
Osseous resective surgery is dedicated to the removal of osseous deformities and the creation of a physiologic parabolic contour; a physiologic osseous form will mimic the final anticipated gingival...
Dr. Giacomo Tarquini
CE Credits: 1.75
Bridging the Gap
Dr. Alan Pressman presents a case study on managing a perio-endo lesion with a customized fixed bridge solution using temporary crown materials for optimal results.
by Dr. Alan Pressman
April 2025
Mucogingival Aesthetic Surgery
This course is a comprehensive overview of mucogingival aesthetic surgery, focusing on treating alterations such as gingival recession, altered passive eruption and edentulous ridge augmentation.
Dr. Giacomo Tarquini
CE Credits: 1.75
Improving Restorative Results with Soft Tissue Grafting
Learn useful methods for improving soft tissue appearances, enhancing restorative results, and stopping the progression of recession around both natural teeth and restorations.
James Kohner, DDS
CE Credits: 1.5
Online CE: Periodontics
Dr. Nareg Apelian, director of continuing education, shares Dentaltown's latest CE offerings, most popular periodontics courses and more.
by Dr. Nareg Apelian
March 2025
4 Things to Know About Peri-Implantitis
Dr. Giacomo Tarquini summarizes peri-implant diseases in four key points and presents a clinical case demonstrating a novel surgical protocol using an ultrasonic device for peri-implantitis.
by Dr. Giacomo Tarquini
March 2025
Guided Tissue Regeneration: Principles and Surgical Protocols
This CE course covers the Guided Tissue Regeneration (GTR) principles for the treatment of intrabony defects around teeth. Detailed descriptions of both the biological rationale and the surgical...
Dr. Giacomo Tarquini
CE Credits: 1.25
Crown Lengthening: Yes, It Will Enhance Restorative Results
Learn ways to predictably solve every day restorative problems, and even better learn how to avoid them. Discussion will include issues like red or sore gum tissue around crowns, routinely obtaining...
James Kohner DDS
CE Credits: 1.75
Perio Referral Protocol
Townies discuss old-school and new-school perio approaches
October 2024
Online CE: Latest & Greatest
Dr. Nareg Apelian, director of continuing education, shares Dentaltown's latest CE offerings, most popular periodontics courses and more.
by Dr. Nareg Apelian
March 2024
Periodontal Plastic Surgery: When to Graft and Techniques
This course covers the types of soft tissue grafting procedures available, and how to describe recession defects when referring patients or for documentation purposes and clear communication. A...
Hana Hobbs DDS, MS, PA
CE Credits: 1.5
2023 Dental Townie Choice Awards
The results are in, and now it’s time to announce the winners of the 2023 Dental Townie Choice Awards—and this year, we shine the spotlight on the victors in a few notable races.
December 2023
Cracking the Code
This course explores how current dental terminology (CDT) code gaps have contributed to a delay in therapeutic care of early periodontal disease, recognition of its medical relevance, and the...
Patti DiGangi, RDH
CE Credits: 1.5
Honing Our Edge: Options for Maintaining Periodontal Hand Instruments
As clinicians, the hand scaling instruments we use become part of our professional persona. More importantly, maintaining the working edge is a challenge, one that’s a constant source of discussion...
Karen Siebert, BSDH, MA
CE Credits: 1.5
Peri-Implant Guided Bone Regeneration
Dr. Giacomo Tarquini’s case study illustrates the use of a novel flex cortical sheet barrier membrane to stabilize the graft and prevent micromovements that could hinder the bone regeneration...
by Dr. Giacomo Tarquini
July 2023
How Periodontal Soft Tissue Grafting WILL Enhance your Restorative Results
Learn useful methods for improving soft tissue appearances, enhancing restorative results, and stopping the progression of recession around both natural teeth and restorations.
James Kohner DDS
CE Credits: 2.5
Online CE: Latest & Greatest
Dr. Howard Goldstein, director of continuing education, shares Dentaltown's latest CE offerings and most popular periodontics courses, and more.
by Dr. Howard Goldstein
March 2023
Periodontal Probes: An Overview of History, Evolution and Clinical Technique
New technology has transformed the practice of modern dentistry over the past few decades. Digital radiography, lasers, improved materials for enhanced aesthetics, magnification loupes with...
by Lorraine Frey, RDH, LDH, BAS
CE Credits: 1.5
SRP Before Osseous?
A new associate with concerns about his office’s treatment policies gets Townie feedback.
January 2023
No Longer Just a Prophy
A prophylaxis is reserved for healthy patients with no signs of periodontal disease. The need for more than 20 minutes of subgingival instrumentation during a prophylaxis appointment shifts the focus...
by Debra Seidel-Bittke, RDH, BS
CE Credits: 1.5
Office Visit: Dr. LeRoy Horton
This implant practitioner, who has written several CE courses for Dentaltown, recently sold his two dental practices and returned to school so he can earn a certificate in periodontics and a master’s...
by Sam Mittelsteadt, editor & creative director
November 2022
How Long Does a Patient Stay With a Periodontist’s Office After SRP?
After potentially losing patients to a specialist’s office, this doc wants to know if they’re ever coming back.
August 2022
Is Periodontal Disease the Common Denominator in The Spectrum of Chronic Inflammatory Diseases?
For years clinicians have acknowledged a relationship between periodontal disease and systemic disease. This presentation will detail a convincing mechanism behind this relationship.
William Nordquist, DMD
CE Credits: 2.5
Dental CE: In It for the Long Haul
Dr. LeRoy Horton explores three common risk factors for peri-implantitis and explains why dentists should shift their preliminary concern when placing implants from concern about immediate success to...
by Dr. LeRoy Horton
June 2022
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