This presentation will provide a clinical update on minimally invasive approaches for Esthetic Implant Site Development.T

he utilization of recombinantly engineered platelet-derived growth factor-BB (rhPDGF-BB) has accelerated the trend toward minimally invasive surgical procedures to preserve and enhance the esthetic foundation for dental implant supported restorations.

This program will present guidelines for incremental levels of flap elevation from flapless to open procedures for implant site development.

The use of growth factors has increased the ability for optimal hard and soft tissue regeneration with less invasive techniques.  This course will provide a decision matrix for how to manage extraction site defects including whether to raise a flap and how to sequence soft tissue grafting.