Practical Periodontal Plastic Surgery

The editor:Serge Dibart is the Department Chair and Program director of the periodontal residency program at Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine. He is the editor of Practical Advanced Periodontal Surgery and co-editor of Practical Periodontal Diagnosis and Treatment Planning and Practical Osseous Surgery in Periodontics and Implant Surgery.

• List of Contributors viiForeword ixChapter 1 Definition and Objectives of Periodontal Plastic Surgery 1Serge Dibart, Mamdouh Karima and Drew CzernickChapter 2 Surgical Armamentarium, Sutures, Anesthesia, and Postoperative Management 4Serge DibartChapter 3 Introduction to Microsurgery and Training 8Ming Fang Su and Yu-Chuan PanChapter 4 Periodontal Microsurgery 13James BelcherChapter 5 Free Gingival Autograft 21Serge DibartChapter 6 Subepithelial Connective Tissue Graft 28Serge Dibart and Mamdouh KarimaChapter 7 Pedicle Grafts: Rotational Flaps and Double-Papilla Procedure 32Serge Dibart and Mamdouh KarimaChapter 8 Pedicle Grafts: Coronally Advanced Flaps 39Ronaldo B. Santana and Serge DibartChapter 9 Aesthetic and Morphometric Evaluation of the Periodontium 51Ronaldo B. SantanaChapter 10 Enamel Matrix Derivative: Emdogain 61Ronaldo B. Santana and Serge DibartChapter 11 Guided Tissue Regeneration 65Serge DibartChapter 12 Acellular Dermal Matrix Graft (AlloDerm) 69Serge DibartChapter 13 Labial Frenectomy Alone or in Combination with a Free Gingival Autograft 73Serge Dibart and Mamdouh KarimaChapter 14 Preprosthetic Ridge Augmentation: Hard and Soft 76Serge Dibart and Luigi MontesaniChapter 15 Exposure of Impacted Maxillary Teeth for Orthodontic Treatment 89Serge Dibart and Lorenzo MontesaniChapter 16 Peri-implant Soft Tissue Management 93D.M. Diego CapriChapter 17 Improving Patients’ Smiles: Aesthetic Crown-Lengthening Procedure 138Serge DibartChapter 18 Introduction to Minimally Invasive Facial Aesthetic Procedures 147Bradford TowneChapter 19 Selection Criteria 156Serge Dibart and Mamdouh KarimaIndex 159