UT Health San Antonio Continuing Dental Education UT Health San Antonio Continuing Dental Education

Gingival and Connective Tissue Grafting

Lecture/Hands-On Course

April 1, 2022

Course overview

SOFT TISSUE GRAFTS
This course discusses and evaluates the use of two different soft tissue grafts. It includes detailed indications, contra-indications, and multiple case examples of Free Gingival and Connective Tissue grafts. The surgical exercises use pig jaws to allow participants the opportunity of harvesting, placing, and suturing both types of grafts. Gingival Grafts are excellent for creating zones of attached gingiva where neither root coverage nor esthetics are factors. They provide a predictable way to stop recession from progressing. Connective Tissue Grafts are very useful for total root coverage in cases of sever recession, especially in the maxilla where esthetics is important.

This workshop is for the dentist who wants to offer soft tissue grafting to their patients or to someone who just wants to learn more about enhancing esthetic restorative results. Two video demonstrations of surgical techniques are included.

Objectives

At the conclusion, participants should be able to:

Learn diagnostic criteria for graft selection

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

Presenter(s)

James S. Kohner, D.D.S.
- JAMES S. KOHNER, D.D.S., received his dental degree from The Ohio State University, and Case Western Reserve University Dental School, and obtained his certification in Periodontics from the Boston University School of Graduate Dentistry. He currently lives in Denver, Colorado. Dr. Kohner is an experienced teacher who has presented courses on Soft Tissue Grafting to a wide range of audience,s including many state associations all over the USS and in 8 foreign countries, and has presented at the American Academy of Periodontology meetings for many years. He has been teaching for the Perio Institute since 2003.

Time

Check-in: 8:00 AM
Program time: Friday, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Location

UT Health San Antonio, School of Dentistry

Tuition

Individual: $720.00

Credit

Hours: 7

Email Notification

On the week of the course, you will receive an email with a weblink to this virtual webinar. This same email will also provide a link to the course handout. Download this PDF document to your device. Remember to look for this email notice on the email address you provided us when creating your UT Health CDE account. Check your email account’s Inbox and Junk/Spam folders.