by Serge Dibart
Practical Periodontal Plastic Surgery provides the qualified and trainee periodontist with a pragmatic approach to mucogingival plastic surgery, imparting knowledge and expertise through its step-by-step examination of the actual clinical requirements of each procedure.
The book focuses on the increasingly requested esthetic procedures such as crown lengthening and root coverage, but it also deals with other mucogingival operations, such as hard and soft pre-prosthetic ridge augmentation.
Practical Periodontal Plastic Surgery also focusea on the burgeoning field of periodontal microsurgery, and the techniques and methods from other branches of microsurgery which are applied to realities of dentistry, for enhanced soft tissue results.
Special Features:
- Step-by-step format for quick and clear reference
- Highly illustrated with full color throughout
- Focuses on the practical aspects of actual clinical procedures
- Brings together periodontal and plastic surgery expertise
- Introduces microsurgical techniques and instrumentation
- Profiles esthetic procedures, such as crown lengthening and root coverage, together with the core repertoire of mucogingival surgery
Contents
- Definition and objectives of periodontal plastic surgery
- Surgical armamentarium, sutures, anesthesia, and postoperative management
- Introduction to microsurgery and training
- Periodontal microsurgery
- Free gingival autograft
- Subepithelial connective tissue graft
- Pedicle grafts: rotational flaps and double-papilla procedure
- Pedicle grafts: coronally advanced flaps
- Guided tissue regeneration
- Acellular dermal matrix graft
- Labial frenectomy alone or in combination with a free gingival autograpt
- Preprosthetic ridge augmentation: hard and soft
- Exposure of impacted maxillary teech for orthodontic treatment
- Soft tissue management around dental implants
- Improving patients' smiles: aesthetic crown-lengthening procedures
- Selection criteria
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