Soft Tissue Solutions to Enhance Everyday Dentistry
Speaker
David Wong, DDS, is a board-certified Periodontist in private practice in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Dr. Wong received his undergraduate education and dental training at the University of Oklahoma. He then went on to complete a three year residency in periodontics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology and associate clinical professor at the University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry. He is a published author in several peer-reviewed dental journals but has also reached a mainstream audience in media such as Fox News and the Wall Street Journal. Dr. Wong presently resides in Tulsa with his wife and three children where he maintains a full-time private practice.
Disclosure: Dr. Wong has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Course Description
Oral plastic surgery solutions to enhance everyday dentistry include a number of materials and techniques that enable clinicians to treat a variety of dental problems from dental caries to gingival recession to peri-implantitis. This presentation will focus on soft tissue allografts and autografts and discuss appropriate procedures and timings for a number of common clinical scenarios.
Educational Objectives
- Review common periodontal plastic surgery procedures
- Demonstrate and discuss various techniques for gingival recession
- Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of soft tissue allografts vs. autografts
- Discuss practical case planning and treatment for periodontal-restorative cases
Contact
For information, please contact Penn Dental Medicine Continuing Dental Education at:
PDMContinuingEd@dental.upenn.edu