A Complete Look at Diagnosing and Treating Periodontal Disease; From Surgical to Non-Surgical Solutions

Feeling helpless when a well treated periodontal case relapses?
Mad at the patient because they are not flossing enough? This course may offer solutions.

This is NOT your basic old school approach to Periodontal Disease. We will focus on different ways to both treat and control periodontal disease from minimally invasive to full flap approaches. And you will learn some simplified methods for patient self care at home where they may actually be compliant! Come see why some 5 mm pockets should be treated and some should be maintained!

This hands-on course will clarify diagnosis and treatment planning to help general practitioners feel comfortable with different kinds of treatments, and the potential for success of these approaches, whether you choose to do some of it or refer it out. It will focus on also being able to diagnose contributory factors and offer suggestions for ongoing maintenance care and patient care at home.

This course includes multiple hands-on exercises and many case illustrations, plus two video demonstrations of surgical technique. The full day workshop offers the opportunity to practice these procedures on pig jaws and anatomically correct models to do both osseous reduction as well as bone grafting.

The course is designed to increase diagnostic and treatment planning skills plus offer patients long term success.

Participants will learn:

• Treatment choices – from non-surgical to surgical
• Long term maintenance care
• Minimally invasive antimicrobial methods
• The role of occlusion in causing and controlling disease
• Simplified self care for patients at home
• To diagnose and treat osseous defects
• Bone grafting – products and membranes

This is a two day program.
Workshop participants receive a workbook detailing the procedures.

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