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There are many factors that dictate the peri implant tissue contours and papilla fill. These include: bone levels, distance to the contact point, adequate tissue thickness, and a properly designed/contoured restoration. 

Tissue Contour: Have Some Patience 

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We should take advantage of the surgical uncovery appointment to re-establish vestibular depth and provide a wide zone of keratinized tissue on both sides of the implants.

Addressing an Oral-Antral Communication

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Implant Uncovery: Ensuring Healthy Peri-Implant Tissues

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Even when there is an extensive amount of bone loss around teeth planned for extraction, we can still employ immediate placement provided we follow biological and surgical principles that have been described in the literature.

GBR for Extensive Defect Around Implants

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In more challenging cases of bone regeneration, sometimes you need something extra to help facilitate healing. Recently, I have been reaching for Amnion Chorion membranes, which are rich in growth factors.

Facilitate Healing in Bone Regeneration with Amnion-Chorion Membranes

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In some cases, a dermis soft tissue substitute is sometimes better than elevating an extensive flap to facilitate graft and membrane placement. 

Improving Emergence Profile with DALI Dermis

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A few colleagues have asked me about my placement technique for the OsseoSeal membrane. An easy way to apply the membrane is as follows...

Placement Technique for OsseoSeal Collagen Membrane

In this short video case, Dr. Gober, demonstrates one way of avoiding the need for a lateral sinus lift via the placement of an additional implant.

Alternative to Lateral Sinus Lift

In this video, we review two cases where autogenous free gingival grafts were performed, and provide several key clinical tips to ensure the success of this grafting technique. 

Autogenous Free Gingival Graft around Dental Implants

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Before and After DALI Amnion at failed site

This video case demonstrates the use of a DALI amnion-chorion membrane in combination with a porcine collagen membrane for guided bone regeneration in a previously failed site. 

Improving GBR with an Amnion Chorion Membrane: Dual Layer Technique

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Learn about cortical perforations and why they are often critical for predictable bone regeneration.

Cortical Perforations in Guided Bone Regeneration

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This video demonstrates the use of DALI acellular dermis as a substitute for a standard membrane in a case of contour augmentation.

DALI Acellular Dermis as a Membrane Substitute

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This short video reviews two cases to demonstrate a Maxillary Molar Extraction Technique using Decoronation and Sectioning.

Maxillary Molar Extraction Technique: Decoronation and Sectioning

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This short video presents a case of Oro-Antral Communication following extraction, providing several tips and techniques for managing this difficult situation.

Post Extraction Oro-Antral Communication Closure

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Learn and review a key point about incision and flap design when repairing fenestration defects.

Incision and Flap Design when Repairing Fenestration Defects

Suturing in the mandible

Learn why a mid-crestal incision is the incision of choice around dental implants in the mandible.

Suturing Tips Around Dental Implants in the Mandible

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Tension Free Closure Technique

This video reviews some suturing techniques that can help you achieve primary closure.

Suturing for Tension-Free Primary Wound Closure

This case of severe bone defects, demonstrates some key principles of successful GBR, including the need to stay within the confines of the alveolar housing.

Bone Regeneration of Extensive Socket Defects with Immediate Implant Placement

This case presented with 2 challenges: the presence of a unique odontoma, and secondly the presence of a periapical radiolucency above #12.

Trusting the Process: Removal of Odontoma, GBR, and Placement of Keystone Paltop Implants

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This video discusses the regeneration of fenestration defects at the time of extraction and immediate implant placement. Specifically, the video shows the benefits of using a flexible porcine collagen membrane, like OsseoSeal, in the treatment of these cases.

Regenerating Fenestration Defects during Extraction and Implant Placement

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This video demonstrates the use of DALI Acellular Dermis for soft tissue grafting in a root coverage case.

DALI Dermis for Soft Tissue Grafting

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This short video from Dr. Gober demonstrates the use of the OsseoSeal collagen membrane for buccal contour augmentation.

Membrane Adaptability: Using OsseoSeal for Buccal Contour Augmentation

An incredible full-length webinar from Dr. Mongalo on Intra-Crestal Sinus Lifts and Bone Augmentation. Please note that the actual webinar starts at around 7 minutes in the video below, so feel free to fast forward and skip the intro part.

Intra-Crestal Sinus Lift and Bone Augmentation

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In Part II of our Hopeless Maxillary Anterior Tooth series, we describe the implant placement, provisionalization and final restoration. 

The Management of a Hopeless Maxillary Anterior Tooth Part II: Implant Placement and Restoration

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The following video shows the treatment of a hopeless maxillary anterior tooth, with a focus on post-extraction socket healing and site development.

The Management of a Hopeless Maxillary Anterior Tooth: Part I

This case video below involved the Immediate implant placement of implants in 12 and 13 followed by a modified palatal roll for buccal contour augmentation.

Immediate Implant Placement with Modified Palatal Roll

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The video case below concerns a case with a Fractured #29 and missing #30, with an immediate implant. 

Immediate Implant Placement with Guided Bone Regeneration

Watch a case describing an implant uncovery technique that will help maximize a GBR procedure and provide  a stable peri-implant tissue complex.  .

Implant Uncovery Technique to Maximize Ridge Augmentation

Excellent tips in for extraction cases utilizing PRF and Graft.

Extraction with PRF and Graft

This video lecture provides an overview of the wound healing process, and explains how you can apply that knowledge to improve soft tissue management.

Wound Healing and Soft Tissue Management

This video webinar from Dr. Amos Yahav reviews the use of Ora-Aid in extraction cases.

Ora-Aid Protocols in Extraction Sites

In this short video, Dr. Jeffrey Hoos demonstrates the use of DBM and the DALI amnion-chorion membrane to repair a fenestration on the buccal plate.

Repair of Fenestration on Buccal Plate with DBM and DALI Amnion Membrane

Dr. Paresh Patel shares a case of gingival recession to provide a brief overview of Acellular Dermis for soft tissue regeneration, or preservation. Acellular Dermis (ADM) is a viable alternative to grow keratinized tissue when connective tissue graft or free ginvgival graft from the patient's own ti

Acellular Dermis for Soft Tissue Regeneration: A Quick Introduction

Amazing video on Implant placement on Lower Anterior

Implant placement on Lower Anterior

Live surgery video showing implant placement with simultaneous GBR, CTG and 3D printing of temporary.

 Implant placement with GBR and CTG 

A short video showing a close up of the Crestal Sinus Lift using hydraulic pressure.

Crestal Sinus Lift using Hydraulic Pressure

The case involves a 63 year-old female patient that presented for placement of four dental implants into the anterior mandible to support a new future lower overdenture using resilient attachments. 

Placement of 4 IDO-Biotech Implants in Anterior Mandible

A short video showing the use of Piezosurgery for implant site preparation.

Piezosurgery Techniques for Implant Site Preparation

This video is a short webinar presented by Dr. Virgil Mongalo to demonstrate various augmentation techniques for a full arch ridge. 

Full Arch Ridge Augmentation 

A short video demonstrating Ossguide and a longer webinar discussing absorbable membranes, in general.

Ossguide and other Porcine Pericardium Membranes

A video providing an excellent background on Amnion Chorion membranes and how they can improve surgical results.

Amnion Chorion Membranes: Clinical Tips

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This is a webinar presentation offering a in-depth review of the bone block technique for augmentation.

Bone Block for Augmentation

This case demonstrates guided tissue regeneration utilizing PRF membranes and liquid PRF (iPRF). 

Guided Tissue Regeneration with PRF

These are 2 great videos demonstrating soft tissue grafting with Acellular Dermal Matrix.

Soft Tissue Grafting with Acellular Dermal Matrix

Watch these short videos that demonstrate Choukroun's Apical Horizontal Mattress Suture Technique.

Choukroun's Apical Mattress Suture Technique 

This a great video providing 5 excellent tips for cleaning  your dental instruments so they last and remain effective!

Top 5 Cleaning Tips for Dental Instruments

In this video, Dr. Choukroun reviews different suture techniques. Specifically, he covers the Apical Mattress Technique, a new suturing technique that will help you remove tension & mobility of the buccal flap. 

Apical Mattress Suture Technique using Monoglyc

This is a short video demonstrating the Osteogen malleable bone block for ridge augmentation.

Osteogen Bone Block Graft for Ridge Augmentation

Crestal Sinus Lift with Autogenous Bone

Following extraction and cyst enucleation two implants were placed in upper incisors.

Placement of Implants after Cyst Enucleation

Soft-tissue dehiscence at the facial aspect of a dental implant is a common problem which can impact on the final esthetic result and could also increase the likelihood of biological complications. 

 Buccal Soft Tissue Dehisences

This video discusses the potential placement of dental implants into the maxillary sinus.

Placing Dental Implants into the Sinus

This video provides some tips for grafting a bony defect and suggests the use of an extracellular matrix or ECM membrane.

Bone Grafting a Bony Defect

This case video shows removal of implants from a failed bridge, followed by grafting.

Failed Implant Supported Bridge

There are many factors that dictate the peri implant tissue contours and papilla fill. These include: bone levels, distance to the contact point, adeq

We should take advantage of the surgical uncovery appointment to re-establish vestibular depth and provide a wide zone of keratinized tissue on both s

Even when there is an extensive amount of bone loss around teeth planned for extraction, we can still employ immediate placement provided we follow bi

In more challenging cases of bone regeneration, sometimes you need something extra to help facilitate healing. Recently, I have been reaching for Amni

In this video, we review two cases where autogenous free gingival grafts were performed, and provide several key clinical tips to ensure the success o

This video case demonstrates the use of a DALI amnion-chorion membrane in combination with a porcine collagen membrane for guided bone regeneration in

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