NCE4: Minimal Flap Approaches for Regeneration: Flapless Periodontal Surgery

Program Track: Tissue Engineering and Hard Tissue Reconstruction

Presenters

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 comprehensive periodontal pocket therapy: Er-LCPT), and discusses the strengths and shortcomings of flapless surgery.

Educational Objectives

  • • Enumerate the advantageous characteristics of flapless periodontal surgery.
  • • Explain the current clinical status of Er:YAG laser in pocket treatment.
  • • Understand the concept, procedure and effects of Er-LCPT technique.

CE Hours: .75


Disclosure(s):
Yorimasa Ogata, DDS, PhD: No financial relationships to disclose
Satoko Rubin, DDS, MDSc: No financial relationships to disclose
Akira Aoki, DDS, PhD: No relevant disclosure to display