A hands-on guide to crown lengthening

Programme

 

08:30 Registration and refreshments

09:00 Think pink!

• Understanding the role of aesthetic periodontal surgery.

10:30 Morning refreshments

10:50 Crown lengthening theory, treatment planning and techniques

• Discuss case selection
• Review treatment planning options
• Discuss consent
• Review adjuncts to crown lengthening, such as wax-ups and stents.

11:30 Hands-on - Basic flap design and the apically repositioned flap

• Understand basic surgical techniques and anatomy
• Using different instruments to achieve the osseous re-contouring.

13:00 Lunch 

13:30 Hands-on - Resected flap

• Review the resected flap approach for providing crown lengthening
• Discuss the role of a simple gingivectomy.

15:30 Afternoon refreshments

15:50 Case discussion

• Discuss cases to help build crown lengthening into daily practice
• Delegates are encouraged to bring their own cases for discussion and planning.

16:30 Close of seminar

Ian qualified from Leeds in 1998. He went into NHS general practice after qualifying and was a general dental practitioner for many years. During that time, though a part time teaching role at Liverpool University, he developed a passion for periodontology and concentrated his postgraduate studies and teaching activities on perio whilst maintaining a busy general practice list. This culminated in him pursuing an MSc in Periodontology and ultimately becoming the Teaching Lead in Periodontics at Liverpool University and gaining a place on the GDC Specialist List in Periodontology.

Ian continues to maintain a busy referral network on the North West working between Liverpool and Wilmslow. He has been the Honorary Editor and Webmaster for the British Society of Periodontology and lectures nationally through the UK, having spoken at most of the major UK dental conferences.