Description

Team Approach to Soft Tissue Management is a video course with Zucchelli, Stefanini, Mazzotti, Bellone and Sangiorgi that looks at soft tissue treatment as the result of teamwork rather than a single surgical act. The interdisciplinary angle is the defining feature: it shows how surgical and restorative decisions connect when soft tissues are part of the treatment plan. The course is delivered as a downloadable ZIP archive of recorded video lessons, so your team can watch it at its own pace and revisit the lessons during case discussions.

Who Team Approach to Soft Tissue Management is for

• Periodontists who work with restorative colleagues and want to improve how cases are shared.
• Prosthodontists and restorative dentists who need to understand the surgical side of soft tissue treatment.
• Implant dentists who coordinate surgery and restoration in esthetic cases.
• Multidisciplinary practices that want a common reference for planning cases as a team.

Team Approach to Soft Tissue Management is most useful when you already know the basic soft tissue procedures. If you want to strengthen that foundation first, start with Everything About Soft Tissue Surgery or the Implant Ninja Soft Tissue Grafting Course. Our guide on how to choose online dental courses helps you plan the right sequence.

What the course covers

As the title states, Team Approach to Soft Tissue Management is about treating soft tissues through collaboration, with several clinicians named in the product title. Its value lies in showing how different roles contribute to the same case, from planning to the final result, rather than in teaching one surgical technique in isolation.

We do not reproduce the detailed program on this page. If you would like the full list of lessons before buying, contact us and we will send it to you.

How to get the most from Team Approach to Soft Tissue Management

1. Watch it as a team: view selected lessons with the colleagues you share cases with and discuss how you would divide the work in your own practice.
2. Map each role: for each case shown, note who makes which decision and when; this becomes a simple checklist for your own interdisciplinary cases.
3. Complete the reading: Periodontal and Peri-implant Plastic Microsurgery deepens the surgical side, and The Single-Tooth Implant is useful for coordinating single implant cases.
4. Combine with supervised practice: a video course does not replace hands-on training under supervision.

For clinical resources and guidelines in implant dentistry, the International Team for Implantology (ITI) is a useful reference alongside the course.

Format, delivery and access

Need help opening a ZIP file or playing the videos? See our FAQ.

Related courses for interdisciplinary care

• Prosthetic Treatment of Malpositioned Implants — Osteocom: the restorative side of challenging implant cases.
• Failure and Success in Periodontal and Peri-Implant Soft Tissue Surgery — Zucchelli & Stefanini: learning from outcomes.
• Post-Orthodontic Deep Gingival Recession in Lower Incisors: a problem at the interface of orthodontics and periodontics.
• Zucchelli MasterClass 2024: Periodontal Plastic Surgery: the surgical techniques in more depth.

Frequently asked questions

Is Team Approach to Soft Tissue Management only for surgeons?

No. Its interdisciplinary focus makes it relevant to restorative dentists and prosthodontists as well as periodontists and implant surgeons.

What exactly do I receive?

You receive the recorded video lessons as a downloadable ZIP archive. Live sessions, access to the original course platform and instructor Q&A are not included.

How do I receive the course?

After payment confirmation, you can download the ZIP archive from your account. Unzip it on a computer to access the video files.

Can several team members watch it?

You can watch the lessons together on a shared screen in your practice; the files play on most devices with a standard video player. For refunds or access issues, see our refund and returns policy.