Mucogingival Aesthetic Surgery

Credit Details
This electronically delivered self-instructional program is designated for 1.75 hours of ADA CERP and AGD PACE CE credit by Farran Media. AGD Code: 490.

The fee to view this course is $36. This cost includes the fee to take the exam and claim your CE credits.

Synopsis:
Mucogingival aesthetic surgery is dedicated to the treatment of mucogingival aesthetic alterations. These may be caused by gingival recession, often in association with abrasion and/or root caries or, conversely, altered passive eruption. The aims of mucogingival aesthetic surgery may also be to augment gingival width and height around prostheses or implants and to fill out edentulous ridges.

The appropriateness of covering a gingival recession present on one or more dental elements is subject to several factors; thus, we recognize indications related to aesthetic demands by the patient, to phenomena of dentinal hypersensitivity affecting one or more dental elements, to the need to locally increase a condition of poor adherent gingiva such as to make oral hygiene difficult, and to the presence of cervical lesions that may be carious or noncarious in origin.

The pathway the clinician must necessarily undertake before addressing the therapy of gingival recessions consists of formulating a correct diagnosis, recognizing and correcting the etiological factors that led to the appearance of gingival recession, and recognizing and correcting the factors that may have favored this pathology: this process is of fundamental importance, since it is necessary first of all to the selection of the most appropriate surgical technique and, secondly, to prevent the recurrence of gingival recession over time.

Educational Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Understand the biological concepts underlying mucogingival aesthetic surgery.
• Determine when and why to perform mucogingival aesthetic surgery.
• Identify all risk factors through a comprehensive, multi-level analysis.
• Develop detailed knowledge of the surgical protocols required to treat a variety of defects using mucogingival aesthetic surgery principles.
• Make informed, biologically oriented choices among biomaterials that can serve as alternatives to autologous connective tissue grafts.

Description of Speaker:
Giacomo Tarquini, DDS, graduated with honors in dentistry and dental prosthetics from the University La Sapienza of Rome in 1994. He completed his training and specialized in periodontology at the Department of Periodontology of University La Sapienza of Rome. Today, he practices the free profession in Rome with a particular interest in the disciplines of periodontology and implantology. He is also a consultant, professor, tutor and lecturer for a variety of dental specialties. Along with various articles, Tarquini is the author of the textbook, “Techniques of Periodontal Surgery from Diagnosis to Therapy.”

Disclosure:
In the past 12 months, the lecturer/author declares that neither he/she nor any member of his/her family have a financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any commercial entities nor have been paid directly by dentists and other health professionals within the field of dentistry or health care.

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Licensure:
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CE Contact
For any questions, please contact Nareg Apelian, DMD, Director of Continuing Education at nareg@farranmedia.com