Gingival Recession Management

Definition of gingival recession.- Classification.-Etiology and prevalence.- Clinical examination and diagnosis.- Decision making in gingival recession treatment.- Surgical principles: Instruments, incisions, flaps and suturing techniques.- Recession coverage using autogenous grafts.- Recession coverage using soft tissue substitutes.- Complications.- Postsurgical care.

Dr. Adrian Kasaj, DDS, MSc, PhD is a Professor of Periodontology in the Department of Operative Dentistry and Periodontology at the University Medical Center Mainz, Germany. In 2002 he received his Dr.med.dent degree from the University of Mainz and then continued postgraduate training in Periodontology (2002-2005) at the same university. He became a certified Specialist in Periodontology of the German Society of Periodontology (DGParo) in 2006 and also of the European Dental Association (EDA) in 2007. In 2009 he completed his PhD thesis (Habilitation) and was appointed as an Associate Professor. He became a Visiting Professor in the Department of Periodontology at Timisoara University, Romania in 2012. In 2014 he completed the post-graduate program "Master of Science in Oral Implantology" (German Society of Implantology/Steinbeis University) and in the same year was awarded the "Doctor honoris causa" (Dr.h.c.) degree by the University of Timisoara. In 2016 he was appointed as a Professor of Periodontology at Mainz University. He has published more than 100 original articles and reviews, lectures extensively in Germany and abroad, and serves on several editorial boards and advisory committees. Since 2014 he has also served as chairman of the "New Working Group in Periodontology" (NAgP). His research interests include the use of soft tissue substitutes in periodontal plastic surgery, local antimicrobial therapy, and use of biomaterials in regenerative periodontal therapy.