Tissue Engineering and Hard Tissue Reconstruction

Speaker Akira Aoki Moderator Yorimasa Ogata Satoko Rubin   Course Description Considering postoperative wound healing/tissue regeneration as well as patient comfort/burden, flapless procedures can be more ideal and beneficial, compared to flap procedures. This presentation reviews the treatment steps and clinical outcomes of minimally-invasive flapless surgery, using mechanical debridement alone or laser-assisted therapy (Er:YAG laser-assisted

Speakers Bradley S. McAllister - Title: “Cellular Bone Allografts as an Alternative to Autogenous Bone” Craig Misch - Title: “Is Autogenous Bone Still the Gold Standard?” Shinya Murakami - Title: “Recombinant Growth Factor as a Biologic Additive to Bone Grafts” Moderator Brian L. Mealey Yukihiro Numabe   Educational Objectives: • Understand the biology of autogenous