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Soft Tissue Graft Alternatives for Treating Mucogingival Defects

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While autogenous soft tissue grafts remain the gold standard, non-autogenous graft alternatives show promise for treating mucogingival defects.

AGD Subject Code: 490

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

After reading this course, the participant should be able to:

  1. Discuss mucogingival defects, along with their prevalence and etiology.
  2. Describe various management approaches when treating mucogingival defects.
  3. Explain alternative grafting techniques for patients presenting with gingival recession or other mucogingival conditions.

This course was issued in January 2023 and expires January 2026. The authors have no commercial conflicts of interest to disclose. This 2 credit hour self-study activity is electronically mediated.

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Samar Shaikh, BDS, MS, is an assistant professor at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in Boston and also maintains a part-time position in private practice. She is a diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology and a contributing author for the textbook Clinical Cases in Periodontics and the electronic version of Carranza’s Clinical Periodontology. She can be reached at samar.shaikh@tufts.edu.


Pooyan Refahi, DMD, MS, is an adjunct professor at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine and a periodontist practicing in the greater Boston area. A diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology, he is a contributing author for the textbook Clinical Cases in Periodontics and founder of the South Shore Comprehensive Study Club.


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