Dr. Matej Kuliš

Prosthetic driven soft tissue management concept: Guided tissue healing protocol

Nowadays patients have become more demanding about aesthetic results when replacing missing teeth with implants. The current trend is shifting from merely restoring the loss of function to complete restoration to achieve a natural appearance of restorations on implants.
Gingival architecture referred to as pink aesthetics is of grate importance for a health of an implant- supported restoration and complete success in a restorative dental treatment. However loss of tooth is often accompanied by significant damage to the facial tissues at the implant emergence site when compared to natural teeth, which usually results in an incongruous gingival profile, plaque retentive restorationsc and compromised aesthetics.

Many different reconstructive surgical procedures have been developed to attain better results however it is challenging to manage surgical and prosthetic procedures to achieve an optimal EP with acceptable quantity and quality of peri-implant soft tissue.
The aim of this lecture is, therefore, to provide an overview of how to prosthetically manage with soft tissue in different implant placement protocols to enable good quality and natural appearance of peri-implant soft tissue.

Matej Kuliš, dr.med.dent., spec., Prosthodontist

School of Dental Medicine University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
2013; Graduated as DMD (as one of best students in class) and gained title Dr. med. dent.
2014 - 2015; Practice at private practice clinic as Dr. med. dent., Zagreb, Croatia
2015 - 2018; Work at private practice clinic as Dr. med. dent., Ljubljana, Slovenia
2015 - 2018; Prosthodontic resident, Prosthodontics specialised training program for residents at University clinic Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
2017 - present; Master degree of science of Oral Implantology at School of Dental Medicine University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
2018 - graduated as Prosthodontist specialist at University clinic Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
2019 - present; Work at private practice clinics as Dr.med.dent. Prosthodontist specialist, Ljubljana, Slovenija
2016 - present; Appointed as Key opinion leader and leader of hands-on courses for commercial brands :
- 3M ESPE, 2016-2021
- Bego implant systems, 2019-present
- Komet, 2020-present
- VPI cervico, 2021-present
- Ivoclar Vivadent 2022-present
2017 - present; Lecturer at national and international courses and congresses;
2019- first award for poster presentation at Quintessence international congress, Zagreb, Croatia, October 2019
2019 - lecturer for GlaxoSmithKline commercial brands (Sensodyne, Paradontax); aftercare products