Enhancing Restorative Results Agenda

Things You Will Learn:

Crown Lengthening

• Make predictable impressions every time
• Learn why crowns come loose and how to prevent it
• Save chair time and be more profitable
• Understand causes of red gum tissue around crown margins
• Diagnose esthetic crown lengthening
• Understand the Gummy Smile
• Coordinate surgery with restorative procedures
• Use of specialized surgical instruments
• Selection of appropriate sutures and suture techniques

Soft Tissue Grafting

• Learn different diagnostic criteria for each of two types of grafts
• Understand indications for each type of graft
• Understand limitations of each type of graft
• Step-by-step harvesting, placing and suturing
• Step-by-step use of specialized instruments
• Selection of appropriate sutures and suture techniques

** Additionally you will dissect certain anatomical structures such as the greater palatine and mental nerves**