This book compiles all relevant information regarding fundamental concepts and advanced techniques related to the applications of minimally invasive procedures in periodontal and implant therapy facilitated with the operating microscope. Microsurgical therapy, wound healing principles as well as biomechanical and design aspects of micro-instruments and suturing armamentarium are discussed. The book offers information that is usually scattered in the dental and medical literature and not only hard to compile but also to frame in the appropriate clinical categories. Its unique emphasis on ergonomics (patient, operator and assistant positioning) and collaboration techniques like four to six hand assisting make this work unique. Each topic is discussed by world renowned experts in the field. The book is a valuable resource for the dental society including general dentists, periodontists, oral surgeons and implantologists.

Hsun-Liang Chan, DDS, MS, is Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. He gained his DDS from Taipei Medical University, Taiwan in 2003 and his MS/Certificate in Periodontics in 2011 from the University of Michigan School of Dentistry, where he continued as a Postdoctoral Fellow until 2013. In 2015 Dr. Chan received an award for Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring in Periodontics from the American Academy of Periodontology (AAP), and in 2018 he was awarded an AAP Sunstar Innovation Grant for work on In-situ Evaluation of Periodontal Inflammation with Ultrasonography. Dr. Chan limits his practice to periodontal and implant therapy. His main focuses in clinical research and patient care are development of innovative imaging technology, minimally invasive approaches, and image-guided surgeries. To date he has authored approximately 100 peer-reviewed journal articles.

 

Diego Velásquez-Plata, DDS, MSD is a graduate of the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana School of Dentistry, Colombia.  He holds certificates in Prosthodontics and Dental Materials, a Master's degree in Science of Dentistry (Indiana University) and a certificate in Periodontics and Dental Implants (The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio).   Dr. Velasquez-Plata works in private practice in Fenton, Michigan and is an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor at the School of Dentistry of The University of Michigan.  He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology and is a member of the peer review panel of the Journal of Periodontology, Clinical Advances in Periodontics, and a consultant of The International Journal of Periodontics and Restorative Dentistry. He is part of the Expert Council of The Osteology Foundation.  He is past president of the Midwest Society of Periodontology. The Michigan Periodontal Association and  American Academy of Periodontology Foundation. He has published in peer reviewed journals in periodontics, prosthodontics, implant dentistry and microsurgery.