Event Details

The AIA Soft Tissue Course is an advanced, clinically focused program designed for dentists who want to elevate their confidence and precision in soft tissue surgery around teeth and implants.

A practical, step-by-step approach to diagnosis, treatment planning, incision design, flap management, graft selection, suturing, and complication management. Participants will leave with a clear decision-making framework they can immediately apply in daily practice.

This course blends surgical principles, biologic understanding, and hands-on execution to help clinicians achieve predictable esthetic and functional results in mucogingival and peri-implant cases.

What Makes This Course Different

• Focus on clinical decision trees, not just technique
• Emphasis on biologic principles behind each surgical choice
• Clear comparison of CAF, tunneling, VISTA-style approaches, and staged therapy
• Practical suturing strategies for tension control and vascular preservation
• Real case discussions including failures and complication management

Key Learning Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

Diagnose Soft Tissue Defects Precisely

• Classify recession defects accurately
• Evaluate biotype, keratinised tissue width, and vestibular depth
• Identify when soft tissue grafting alone is insufficient

Select the Right Surgical Approach

• Coronally advanced flap versus tunneling
• When to consider vestibular incision approaches
• Indications for connective tissue graft vs allograft alternatives
• Managing multiple adjacent recessions predictably

Execute Predictable Surgical Technique

• Incision design and flap thickness control
• Papilla management and preservation
• Tension-free coronal advancement
• Stabilisation of grafts for optimal revascularisation

Optimise Esthetics in the Anterior Zone

• Managing root prominence and contour
• Blending color and texture

Manage Peri-Implant Soft Tissue

• Increasing keratinized tissue around implants
• Thickening thin peri-implant phenotype
• Timing: before implant, at second stage, or post-restoration

Prevent and Manage Complications

• Flap necrosis
• Graft exposure
• Partial root coverage
• Patient-related risk factors

Cost:

$12,995 + GST

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