NCE1: Hard Lessons from Soft Tissue Complications
Program Track: Tissue Engineering and Hard Tissue Reconstruction
Presenters
Description
Perio-plastic surgery is as much about managing the unexpected as it is about achieving optimal esthetic outcomes. This interactive session will explore real-life complications encountered in everyday clinical practice and walk through practical, evidence-based strategies for prevention, diagnosis, and management. The speaker will share cases, lessons learned, and decision-making pearls to help clinicians anticipate challenges, respond effectively, and turn complications into teachable moments.
Educational Objectives
- • Identify common and challenging complications encountered during periodontal plastic procedures.
- • Demonstrate clinical strategies to manage and overcome complications, using real-life case examples that reflect practical decision-making and problem-solving in everyday clinical practice.
- • Enhance clinician confidence in handling adverse outcomes, by analyzing complications transparently and discussing preventive measures, intraoperative adjustments, and post-operative troubleshooting.
CE Hours: .75
Disclosure(s):
Sejal Thacker, DDS, MDSc: No relevant disclosure to display
Ricardo Kern, MSD, Sr.: No financial relationships to disclose







