Interdisciplinary Management of Aesthetic Problem Cases
This presentation focuses on facial tissue and interproximal papilla, a key concern in immediate placement and provisionalization. Loss of papilla can cause cosmetic issues (“black triangles”), phonetic problems, and food impaction, often resulting from periodontal disease, tissue attachment loss, and interproximal bone resorption.
This presentation will focus on the presence or absence of the facial tissue and interproximal papilla. This is often a great concern especially with immediate placement and provisionalization to surgical and restorative clinicians as well as their patients. The loss of papilla can lead to cosmetic deformities (so-called “black triangle disease”), phonetic problems (space allows passage for the air or saliva), and lateral food impaction. Often the loss of papilla is a consequence of periodontal disease because of gingival inflammation, facial tissue attachment loss and interproximal bone height resorption.
Speakers
Dr. Dennis Tarnow DDS
More courses with Dr. Dennis TarnowDr. Dennis Tarnow is currently Clinical Professor of Periodontology and Director of Implant Education at Columbia School of Dental Medicine and former Professor and Chairman of the Department of Periodontics and Implant Dentistry at New York University College of Dentistry. He has a certificate in Periodontics and Prosthodontics and is a Diplomat of the American Board of Periodontology.
Dr. Tarnow has a private multispecialty interdisciplinary practice in New York City, and has been honored with a wing named after him at New York University College of Dentistry. He has published over 250 articles on perio-prosthodontics and implant dentistry and has co-authored four textbooks including The Single Tooth Implant. Dr. Tarnow has lectured extensively in the United States and internationally in over forty-five countries.
Dr. Tarnow is a recipient of the Master Clinician Award from the American Academy of Periodontology, Teacher of the Year Award from New York University, Nobel Biocare Branemark Osseointegration Award from Academy of Osseointegration, Distinguished Lecturer Award from the American College of Prosthodontists, Lifetime Achievement Award from Spanish Society of Prosthodontics and Aesthetic Dentistry (SEPES), and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry.
