Flaps and Sutures: Cracking the Code

Dr. Giacomo Tarquini, Flaps and Sutures: Cracking the Code
Speaker: Dr. Giacomo Tarquini
Category: Periodontics
CE Credits: 1.75
Format: MP4 Video
This comprehensive CE online course by Giacomo Tarquini focuses on flap design, soft tissue management, and suturing techniques in implant and regenerative surgery, with particular emphasis on achievi...more
  • Running Time: 1hr 27min
  • Released: 10/25/2026
  • Expiration Date: 10/25/2029
CE Details
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:
This comprehensive CE online course by Giacomo Tarquini focuses on flap design, soft tissue management, and suturing techniques in implant and regenerative surgery, with particular emphasis on achieving predictable, tension-free wound closure. Through a biologically driven and clinically oriented approach, the course analyzes how incision design, flap elevation, tissue handling, and suturing directly influence vascularization, healing stability, membrane exposure, and long-term surgical success.

Participants are guided through the principles of crestal, paracrestal, vertical-releasing, intrasulcular, and paramarginal incisions, as well as full-thickness, split-thickness, and mixed flap approaches. Advanced flap passivation techniques—including Rehrmann plasty, submucosal space preparation, and superficial-layer split-thickness flaps—are presented in detail for guided bone regeneration procedures in both the maxilla and posterior mandible. Special attention is dedicated to the management of critical anatomical structures such as the mental nerve, mylohyoid muscle, lingual tissues, and mandibular concavities.

The course also provides an in-depth review of suturing objectives and techniques in implant surgery and GBR, including interrupted, continuous, mattress, suspended, and periosteal sutures, with evidence-based recommendations regarding flap stabilization and ischemia prevention. Finally, multiple surgical protocols for the treatment of oro-antral communications and fistulas are discussed, including palatal rotational flaps, buccal fat pad grafts, and combined approaches, supported by clinical cases and extensive literature references.


Educational Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:
  • Gain a clear and practical understanding of periodontal disease, confidently distinguishing periodontal health, gingivitis, and periodontitis using up-to-date diagnostic criteria.
  • Understand the logic and clinical value of the 2017 AAP/EFP classification, moving beyond outdated labels to a modern, biologically driven framework.
  • Confidently apply staging and grading in everyday practice, transforming a system often perceived as complex into a powerful tool for diagnosis, treatment planning, and prognosis.
  • Recognize and assess the key local and systemic risk factors that influence disease progression and long-term outcomes.
  • Adopt a structured, efficient periodontal diagnostic workflow, integrating clinical examination, periodontal charting, and radiographic analysis to support accurate, defensible clinical decisions.
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 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:
The author declares that neither he nor any member of his family has a financial arrangement or affiliation with any corporate organization offering financial support or grant monies for this continuing dental education program.
CE Policies
American Dental Association (ADA), Continuing Education Recognition Program (CERP) provider
Farran Media is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider or to ADA CERP at https://ccepr.ada.org. For any questions, please contact Nareg Apelian, DMD, Director of Continuing Education at nareg@farranmedia.com.
American General Dentistry (AGD), Program Approval for Continuing Education (PACE) approved, FAGD / MAGD Credit Farran Media is a nationally approved PACE Program Provider by the Academy of General Dentistry. Approval does not imply acceptance by any regulatory authority or AGD endorsement. The current term of approval extends from 1/1/2023 to 12/31/2026. Provider ID# 304396
This activity meets the educational criteria required for verifiable Continuing Professional Development under the General Dental Council Lifelong Learning scheme and represents 1.75 hours of verifiable CPD.

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Licensure:
Continuing education credits issued for completion of online CE courses may not apply toward license renewal in all licensing jurisdictions. It is the responsibility of each registrant to verify the CE requirements of his/her licensing or regulatory agency.

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There are no refunds for Online CE courses. Please contact technical support if you run into technical difficulty.

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