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