Céline Eeckhout obtained her Dental degree at Ghent University in 2018. Thereafter, she immediately started the postgraduate program in Periodontology and Oral Implantology at the same university and she will complete this three-year program in October. During her training, she participated in scientific research and she recently started a PhD that focuses on the newly developed collagen matrices used for soft tissue augmentation. Besides Célien is a member of the Young International Team for Implantology. This is a team of 7 young clinicians organizing webinars and events for other young clinicians or clinicians starting their career in implant dentistry.
The connective tissue platform technique for soft tissue augmentation – Zucchelli et al. 2012
The presence of an alveolar ridge defect may complicate an esthetic and functional rehabilitation. The connective tissue platform technique by Zucchelli is used for horizontal and vertical soft tissue augmentation in Seibert Class III ridge defects. The surgical technique consists of in situ maintenance of a connective tissue ‘’platform’’ at the edentulous space, which facilitated the stabilization and suturing of two connective tissue grafts, one at the buccal surface of the connective tissue platform and one above the occlusal surface of the platform. Adequate graft thickness can be obtained by doubling the width of a de-epithelialized free gingival graft that is folded on itself.
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