Periodontal Seminars and Hands-On Courses

Live periodontal education offers something online learning cannot replicate: direct clinical observation, structured hands-on practice, and the ability to work through surgical reasoning with expert faculty in real time. OHI-S brings together hands-on periodontal courses, seminars, congresses, and conferences for dentists who want to develop practical skills in surgical, regenerative, and soft tissue periodontology — under the guidance of clinicians who teach from active practice.

What Clinicians Can Learn

The periodontal seminars and courses on this page span the full scope of clinical periodontology — from non-surgical disease management and treatment planning through to advanced surgical, regenerative, and soft tissue plastic procedures.

Recurring themes across events include gingival recession treatment and root coverage: tunnel techniques, coronally advanced flap and its modifications, connective tissue graft harvesting, and management of complex multi-recession scenarios. Regenerative periodontal surgery is another area of depth — covering infrabony defect management, guided tissue regeneration, grafting protocols, and PRF application in surgical workflows.

Soft tissue plastic surgery around teeth and implants — including peri-implant soft tissue reconstruction and aesthetic management of compromised implant sites — is represented across both hands-on workshops and scientific lecture formats. Advanced events also address flap design in detail: full-thickness and split-thickness approaches, crown lengthening, furcation management, and complication prevention in periodontal surgery.

Event Formats

OHI-S periodontology events vary in format, reflecting the different learning objectives clinicians bring to live education.

Hands-on workshops combine a structured scientific program with supervised practical sessions, giving participants direct exposure to surgical technique, instrument handling, and decision-making at the operative level. Workshop topics have included advanced regenerative surgery for infrabony defect management, soft tissue management around implants, and connective tissue grafting protocols — each structured around a specific clinical problem rather than a general overview.

Seminars and congresses focus on scientific content delivery, live surgery observation, and case-based clinical reasoning — allowing clinicians to follow expert decision-making across complex presentations and engage with faculty directly. ADA credits are available upon request on eligible events.

Who These Events Are For

General dentists expanding into periodontal surgery will find entry-level and intermediate seminars that address treatment planning logic, case selection, and the surgical fundamentals most relevant to broadening clinical scope.

Periodontists and experienced clinicians seeking advanced periodontal continuing education will find courses structured around high-complexity workflows: multi-tooth recession management, advanced regenerative protocols, soft tissue augmentation around implants, and the surgical-prosthetic interface in demanding aesthetic cases.

OHI-S periodontal events regularly bring together clinicians from across specialties — general practitioners, periodontists, and implantologists — creating an environment that reflects the interdisciplinary reality of modern periodontal care.

Faculty and Locations

OHI-S hosts 149+ congresses and seminars annually, averaging 200+ participants per event. Periodontology events feature faculty including Giovanni Zucchelli, Pierpaolo Cortellini, Ricardo Kern, Anton Sculean, Giulio Rasperini, Mariano Sanz, and Fouad Khoury — each presenting in areas that reflect their active clinical specialization.

Events take place across multiple cities including Tokyo, Bologna, Münster, Warsaw, Florence, and Budapest. Formats range from small-group hands-on workshops to larger scientific congresses, so clinicians can select the event structure that matches their learning objective and current experience level.

More Ways to Learn Periodontology

• All Periodontology Learning — The complete OHI-S periodontology hub: online courses, free content, and live events
• Online Periodontology Courses — Structured on-demand courses and lessons with CE credits on eligible content
• Free Periodontology Clinical Videos and Courses — Webinars, lessons, and introductory content at no cost