The 35th Annual Dr. Peter Fedi Periodontics Lecture: Navigating Implant Challenges of the Aesthetic Zone: Optimizing Hard and Soft Tissue Outcomes for Long-Term Success

This comprehensive, one-day course explores the management of soft and hard tissue defects of varying complexities in the aesthetic zone. Participants will learn biologically based surgical principles, advanced grafting techniques and provisionalization strategies essential for predictable aesthetic outcomes. Through a combination of basic and advanced case presentations, the course will cover isolated soft tissue procedures, combined hard and soft tissue augmentation and prosthetically driven planning. Attendees will gain practical skills to manage simple to complex defects, optimize peri-implant and natural tooth esthetics and maintain long-term stability through evidence-based protocols and restorative collaboration.

Course Objectives:
1. Review the principles of gingival aesthetics and the biological basis for soft and hard tissue grafting in aesthetic zone defect management.
2. Understand the classification and etiology of soft and hard tissue defects, from isolated soft tissue recession to complex combined deficiencies.
3. Evaluate biological and restorative factors influencing long-term stability of peri-implant and natural tooth issues.
4. Identify and compare surgical techniques for soft tissue augmentation, including autogenous grafting, tissue substitutes and minimally invasive approaches.