09/01/2026
Inspiring three days Harvard Dental School/Tissue X soft tissue course in Chicago! 🦷✨
Grateful to learn from the world famous periodontists Dr. Shayan Barootchi and Dr. Lorenzo Tavelli at the TissueX Soft Tissue Grafting course, together with 30+ wonderful colleagues.
Over the years, I’ve taken many courses on soft tissue grafting around dental implants, but I’ve had fewer opportunities to systematically study mucogingival surgery around natural teeth. I’ve been participating in the TissueX LAST Annual Virtual Course throughout this year, learning the latest concepts and techniques in soft tissue and implant therapy.
This three-day Modern Soft Tissue Grafting in Natural Dentition hands-on course in Chicago was a wonderful opportunity to reinforce, review, and put into practice many of the concepts I’ve been learning online. From FGG and CTG to CAF, tunnel techniques, and TCAF, these three intensive days helped connect many of the concepts together and gave me a deeper appreciation of flap design, tissue handling, case selection, and the details behind each technique.
The more I learn, the more I realize that surgical technique is only part of the education. Understanding the biology, indications, and clinical decision-making behind each procedure is just as important—if not more important—for achieving predictable outcomes.
A big thank you to Dr. Shayan Barootchi and Dr. Lorenzo Tavelli for generously sharing their knowledge and expertise, and to the 30+ colleagues who made these three days such a great learning experience.
So much learned, and still so much more to learn. Keep learning, keep refining, and bring it all back to better patient care. 🌷🦷
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