Dr. Giovanni Zucchelli
About
Graduated in 1988 from the university of Bologna, Italy with a degree in dentistry.
He was awarded PhD in Medical Biotechnology in 1999 from the University of Bologna, Italy.
Full Professor and Dean of the Periodontal Department at the University of Bologna, Italy from 2000.
Received many awards for clinical research in periodontology in Europe and the United States.
In 2006 and 2008 is the winner of The AAP Foundation-E Bud Tarrson Research Award in Oral Plastic Surgery.
In 2020 awarded Honorary member of the AAP.
From 2020-2022 President of the Italian Academy of Osteointegration (IAO).
Active member of EAED (European Academy of Esthetic Dentistry), SIdP (Italian Society of Periodontology) and IAO (Italian Academy of Osteointegration); member of the European Federation of Periodontology and ITI fellow.
Associate Editor of the International Journal of Esthetic Dentistry and Member of the editorial board the International Journal of Periodontics and Restorative Dentistry.
Peer reviewer in most ranked Periodontal Journals.
Author of 130 publications in PubMed.
Innovator of several soft tissue plastic surgical techniques.
Speaker at major international conferences on periodontology.
Has taught theoretical and practical (with live Surgery) courses in all countries.
Co-author of two illustrated textbooks on periodontal plastic surgery (Ed. Martina).
Co-author of chapter “Mucogingival Therapy-Periodontal Plastic Surgery” in Clinical Periodontology and Implant Dentistry (Lindhe J, Lang NP, Karring T [eds], Wiley-Blackwel).
Author of the book ‘Mucogingival Esthetic Surgery’ from Quintessence published in 12 languages and author of the book “Mucogingival esthetic surgery around implants” published in 2022.
More about speaker:
https://giovannizucchelli.it/educational/
https://hufriedygroup.eu/en/key-opinion-leader/giovanni-zucchelli
Lecture
Mucogingival approach to implant placement
Immediate implant installation is traditionally considered as a flapless procedure and it is indicated only in sites with ideal anatomical conditions such as an intact facial bone wall with a thick wall phenotype (> 1 mm) and a thick gingival biotype.
The aim of the lecture will be to describe a mucogingival approach to immediate implant installation that allow performing this surgical treatment also in different clinical scenarios, such as:
- Unfavorable position of the soft tissue margin of the tooth to be extracted
- Unfavorable condition of the soft tissue margin of the adjacent teeth (presence of gingival recession or altered passive eruption)
- Loss of papillae height and thickness of the tooth to be extracted
- Unfavorable condition of the buccal bone wall
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Learning objectives
- Identify indications for immediate implant placement
- Learn how to use in the proper way the biomaterials for GBR
- Learn how to manage flap elevation and CTG
Hands-on course
Mucogingival esthetic surgery around teeth
The hands-on course is planned and designed to develop periodontal surgical skills.
The aim of the workshop is to teach the participants the procedure of the coronal advanced flap, the harvesting technique of the connective tissue graft and the use of a collagen matrix for the treatment of gingival recessions.
The workshop will be held by Prof. Zucchelli who will show on the pig’s jaw the procedures that will be performed by all the participants. Participants will be individually followed while performing the exercises and will receive direct suggestions from the mentor.
Learning objectives of the workshop:
- Describe step by step root coverage surgical procedures
- Describe step by step connective tissue graft harvesting
- Manipulation of a collagen matrix as CTG substitute
- Suturing techniques
Group size max.: 24 persons
