This lecture discusses strategies for treatment of the complex implant site involving bone grafting and implant placement. Our understanding of cellular pathways as well as our ability to control wound response expands capacity to affect better esthetic outcomes and compress treatment time.

Reduction of the inflammatory phase of tissue regeneration speeds up osseointegration, prevents crestal bone loss, maintains papillary form, increases the density of peri-implant bone, and increases tissue biotype.

This enhanced tissue response allows predictable treatment of even the most complex surgical cases, compresses time to final reconstruction and the ability to maintain these favorable tissue outcomes over an extended period of time.

Learning Objectives:  At completion of this presentation, participants should be able to:

1. Fully absorb the mode of failure in graft complications

2. Appreciate the role of growth factors in graft healing