"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 and pre-implant ridge augmentation. Uniquely, there is also a focus on the burgeoning field of periodontal microsurgery, and the techniques and methods learned from other branches of microsurgery are applied to realities of dentistry, for enhanced soft tissue results.

Table of Contents

Contents. Foreword: Dean Spencer Frankl. Introduction: Mamdouh Karima. Chapter 1: Definition and Objectives of Periodontal Plastic Surgery: Serge Dibart, DMD and Mamdouh Karima. Chapter 2: Surgical Armamentarium, Sutures, Anesthesia, and Post-operative Management: Serge Dibart. Chapter 3: Introduction to Microsurgery and Training: Ming Fang Su and Yu-Chuan Pan. Chapter 4: Periodontal Microsurgery: James Belcher. Chapter 5: Free Gingival Autograft: Serge Dibart. Chapter 6: Subepithelial Connective Tissue Graft: Serge Dibart and Mamdouh Karima. Chapter 7: Pedicle Grafts: Rotational Flaps and Double Papilla Procedure: Serge Dibart andMamdouh Karima. Chapter 8: Pedicle grafts: Coronally Advanced Flaps. Coronally Positioned Flap (Two-stage). Semilunar Coronally Positioned Flap. Coronally Positioned Flap (One-stage): Serge Dibart. Chapter 9: Guided Tissue Regeneration (GTR): Serge Dibart. Chapter 10: Acellular Dermal Matrix Graft (Alloderm(r)): Serge Dibart. Chapter 11: Labial Frenectomy Alone or in Combination with a Free Gingival Autograft: Serge Dibart, DMD and Mamdouh Karima. Chapter 12: Preprosthetic Ridge Augmentation: Hard and Soft: Serge Dibart, DMD and Luigi Montesani. Chapter 13: Exposure of Impacted Maxillary Teeth for Orthodontic Treatment: Serge Dibart. Chapter 14: Soft Tissue Management Around Dental Implants: Diego Capri. Chapter 15: Improving Patients' Smile: Esthetic Crown Lengthening Procedure: Serge Dibart, DMD. Chapter 16: Selection-making Criteria: Serge Dibart and Mamdouh Karima...

About the Author

Serge Dibart is clinical director of the periodontal residency program at Boston University Goldman School of Graduate Dentistry. Mamdouh Karima is clinical director of the periodontal residency program at King Abdullaziz University School of Dental Medicine in Saudi Arabia.