Perio Surgery for the Modern Dental Practice (Jun 05 - 06, 2020)

Perio Surgery for the Modern Dental Practice is organized by Perio Institute and will be held from Jun 05 - 06, 2020 at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America. This Course has been approved for a maximum of 14 CE hours.

Description:
Join us for an innovative, hands-on course for dentists interested in learning surgical and non-surgical solutions to periodontal disease, including suggested methods for improving patient compliance at home. Participants will take part in hands-on exercises that include flap and suturing, bone contouring, and bone grafting on both pig jaws and anatomically correct models.

We will also show an evidenced-based method for the minimally invasive management of moderate to advanced periodontal infection targeting the bacteria and not the pocket. We will explore ongoing maintenance, a key factor for long term success, and emphasize methods that patients can manage at home without being too complicated. With this approach, compliance might be improved over traditional efforts to get people to floss more.

In this course, we will clarify diagnosis and treatment planning to help practitioners feel comfortable with different kinds of treatments, and the potential for success of these approaches, whether you treat infective periodontal disease cases yourself or make informed referrals. Topics to be covered include:
• Diagnosis
• Prognosis
• Minimally invasive anti-microbial methods
• Instrumentation
• Basic flaps and palatal flaps
• Osseous concepts for both osseous reduction procedures and basic bone grafting for three wall defects
• The role of trauma from the occlusion
• Predictable methods for patient motivation that will include a key cornerstone for long term successful maintenance care