Keerthana Satheesh, DDS, MS, is a full-time faculty member at the University of Missouri, Kansas City School of Dentistry, where she chairs the periodontics department. Board certified, Satheesh also works in private practice in Overland Park, Kansas. Her accolades include the American Academy of Periodontology’s Educator Award, Distinguished Teacher award, The David Moore Teaching Award, and the Elmer F. Pierson Excellence in Teaching Award. She can be reached at satheeshk@umkc.edu.
This clinical chronicle demonstrates the day-to-day healing of a free gingival graft, and correlates the visual presentation with the histology of the healing wound.
A practicing periodontist and chair of the periodontics department at the University of Missouri, Kansas City School of Dentistry, Keerthana Satheesh, DDS, MS, shares insights into the use of locally delivered antimicrobials as an adjunct…