Table of Contents
List of Contributors vii
Foreword ix
Chapter 1 Definition and Objectives of Periodontal Plastic Surgery 1Serge Dibart, Mamdouh Karima and Drew Czernick
Chapter 2 Surgical Armamentarium, Sutures, Anesthesia, and Postoperative Management 4Serge Dibart
Chapter 3 Introduction to Microsurgery and Training 8Ming Fang Su and Yu-Chuan Pan
Chapter 4 Periodontal Microsurgery 13James Belcher
Chapter 5 Free Gingival Autograft 21Serge Dibart
Chapter 6 Subepithelial Connective Tissue Graft 28Serge Dibart and Mamdouh Karima
Chapter 7 Pedicle Grafts: Rotational Flaps and Double-Papilla Procedure 32Serge Dibart and Mamdouh Karima
Chapter 8 Pedicle Grafts: Coronally Advanced Flaps 39Ronaldo B. Santana and Serge Dibart
Chapter 9 Aesthetic and Morphometric Evaluation of the Periodontium 51Ronaldo B. Santana
Chapter 10 Enamel Matrix Derivative: Emdogain 61Ronaldo B. Santana and Serge Dibart
Chapter 11 Guided Tissue Regeneration 65Serge Dibart
Chapter 12 Acellular Dermal Matrix Graft (AlloDerm) 69Serge Dibart
Chapter 13 Labial Frenectomy Alone or in Combination with a Free Gingival Autograft 73Serge Dibart and Mamdouh Karima
Chapter 14 Preprosthetic Ridge Augmentation: Hard and Soft 76Serge Dibart and Luigi Montesani
Chapter 15 Exposure of Impacted Maxillary Teeth for Orthodontic Treatment 89Serge Dibart and Lorenzo Montesani
Chapter 16 Peri-implant Soft Tissue Management 93D.M. Diego Capri
Chapter 17 Improving Patients’ Smiles: Aesthetic Crown-Lengthening Procedure 138Serge Dibart
Chapter 18 Introduction to Minimally Invasive Facial Aesthetic Procedures 147Bradford Towne
Chapter 19 Selection Criteria 156Serge Dibart and Mamdouh Karima
Index 159