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Prof. Serhat Aslan is a graduate of Ege University, School of Dentistry where he received his DDS degree. He attended Periodontology Program of Graduate Study offered by Institute of Health Sciences at Ege University and awarded a PhD degree at Periodontics. He maintains a private practice limited to periodontics, fixed prosthodontics and implants with focus on microsurgery, hard and soft tissue reconstruction and minimally invasive surgery.
Serhat Aslan is a Professor in the Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, University of Milan, Italy and in the Department of Oral Health Sciences, Periodontology and Oral Microbiology, KU Leuven, Belgium. He was an Invited Professor in Post-graduate Program in Periodontology and Implantology, University of Porto, Portugal.
Currently, he is the board member and treasurer of Turkish Society of Periodontology. Also, he is an active member of European Federation of Periodontology, Italian Society of Periodontology and Implantology, Turkish Academy of Esthetic Dentistry and honorary member of Croatian Academy of Aesthetic Dental Medicine. Prof. Aslan is intensely involved in mono/multi-center clinical research and development in periodontology, with special emphasis to plastic-periodontal surgery, guided bone/tissue regeneration and esthetic implant therapy.
Current Potential of Regenerative Periodontal Surgery: Established Concepts and New Ideas
Innovative surgical techniques and sophisticated flap designs have improved the clinical outcomes and decreased patient morbidity. Success of periodontal regeneration is highly correlated with wound stability in the early and late phases. Biomaterial exposure or healing by secondary intention may lead to bacterial contamination in the surgical area and impair the outcomes of periodontal regeneration particularly in the interproximal site. To date, different surgical procedures have been proposed to preserve the interdental papilla during the early and late phases of wound healing to prevent contamination of the regenerating area and eventual wound failure. However, published findings do not report 100% primary closure over the defect-associated papilla during the wound healing process. An ideal flap design may overcome this particular issue and preserve the original anatomy of the entire interdental soft tissues. This presentation is aimed to introduce the historical roadmap of regenerative periodontal approaches to a novel tunnel-like surgical technique designed specifically to maintain the integrity of the defect-associated interdental papilla.
Learning objectives
- To define papilla preservation flaps
- To analyze bone loss around natural teeth
- To reconstruct the hard and soft tissue around teeth
Establishment of a Natural Mucosal Contour in Implant Therapy: Controlling the Tissue Dimension
When natural dentition is combined with dental implants, treatment modalities become more complex due to anatomical differences. Blood supply, handling of the soft tissues, flap thickness, design and tension are key elements to achieving a successful surgical outcome. These factors should be evaluated and controlled during the surgical intervention. Despite the control of these critical elements, the presence of soft and hard tissue deficiencies caused by improper therapies or clinical conditions will create some difficult tasks for the clinician in the way of seeking excellence. Not only appropriate surgery will bring the successful outcomes, but also proper prosthetic procedures. Therefore, the healthy soft tissue interface and tooth-resembling emergence must be created by provisionalization and is of utmost importance when the esthetic outcome is the primary objective. In this presentation, critical elements and new perspectives of esthetic implant therapy will be discussed.
Learning objectives
- To understand the alterations after tooth extraction
- To analyze the missing tissue dimensions
- To comprehend the timing of implant placement