Functional Crown Lengthening Surgery for Improved and Predictable Restorative Outcomes 2018

Functional Crown Lengthening Surgery for Improved and Predictable Restorative Outcomes is organized by Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of University of Southern California (USC) and will be held on Sep 15, 2018 at Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC, Los Angeles, California, United States of America. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 7.00 Continuing Education Credits.

Conference Description :
Subgingival caries and tooth fractures are common occurrences in clinical practice. They typically lead to difficulties in managing the restorative finish line and an inability to make proper impressions. In other situations, dentists face difficulties obtaining adequate crown retention and a ferrule effect. These can lead to secondary caries, repeated fractures and periodontal complications due to biologic width impingement. This course is designed to assist clinicians with managing these challenges and will explore the periodontal-restorative interface.

Participants will learn about functional crown lengthening and its indications prior to restorative treatment. It will review the surgical techniques and how to improve restorative results by incorporating periodontal principles. The hands-on portion will enable participants to practice surgical crown lengthening including effective flap design and suturing techniques.

Topics To Be Covered :
• Indications and contraindications.
• Difference between functional and esthetic crown lengthening.
• The importance of the biologic width.
• What are the restorative considerations relevant to crown lengthening surgery ?
• When to “save” a tooth and when to extract ?
• Step-by-step surgical technique.
• The surgical kit and procedure set-up.
• Complications management.
• When to refer to a periodontist.

Hands-On Exercise Using rotary instruments :
• Incision design.
• Soft tissue excisions.
• Flap reflection.
• Managing the thick palatal tissue.
• Ostectomy and osteoplasty.
• Surgical hand instrumentation.
• Using rotary instruments.
• Piezosurgery for crown lengthening.
• Managing subgingival tooth fractures.
• Quadrant crown lengthening.
• Suturing technique.

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.