This course will emphasize the new trends and concepts in Periodontal Diagnosis and Treatment Planning. Using Biological Basis for Disease Concepts and enhanced with relevant clinical publications, decisions for both non-surgical and surgical modalities of therapies can now be more predictable.  The microbiological and host response facets of periodontal diseases will be presented with extensions to systemic diseases and conditions, including Myocardial Infarction, Cardiovascular accidents (stroke), Preterm, low birthweight babies, rheumatoid arthritis, ulcers, and others.  Advances in periodontal therapies will be included in this course. Ultrasonics, selective use of systemic antibiotics, local drug delivery systems, and periodontal surgical concepts have dramatically changed the scope of our periodontal therapies. These therapies will be include in treatment planning case presentations, periodontal surgeries, dental implant treatment planning, ridge preservation techniques.

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