Date & time: Sat, February 7, 2026 | 09:00 - 12:30
Venue: Radisson Blu Hotel, Riyadh Convention & Exhibition Center
Free Gingival Technique Around Dental Implants
Course Objectives:
After this course, the participants are able to discuss:
- The importance of soft tissue thickness and keratinized mucosa around dental implants.
- The technique of free gingival graft around dental implants
- Free gingival graft considerations in differences between dental implants and natural teeth sites.
- Possibility of potential substitute to autogenous graft and its’ limitations.
Course Program:
| TIME | TOPICS |
| 09:00 – 10:00 | Introduction of importance of keratinized tissue around dental implants.
Autogenous free gingival graft techniques around dental implants. |
| 10:00 – 11:00 | Practice with typodont (implant placements, harvest free gingival graft techniques, and suturing techniques) |
| 11:00 – 12:00 | Continue the previous session |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Prayer / Lunch |
Workshop fees:
| Super Early Bird (1-31 December 2025) |
Early Bird (1-20 January 2026) |
Onsite (21 January – 7 February 2026) |
|
| Student | 500 | 600 | 900 |
| Board Resident / Dentist | 700 | 800 | 1,100 |
*Prices in SAR
Limited seats only
Speaker:
Dr. Yusuke Hamada
DDS, MSD
Bio:
Dr. Yusuke Hamada is Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor in the Periodontics Section. He serves as a Director at Advanced Education in Periodontics at UCLA. Dr. Hamada is a Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology (ABP), Oral Board Examiner for the ABP, and ITI fellow.
Dr. Yusuke Hamada graduated from Kyushu Dental University, obtained DDS. He completed his periodontal program at Indiana University School of Dentistry and received MSD and certificate of Periodontics.
He is involved didactic and clinical teaching in both pre-doctoral and graduate levels. He received AAP Foundation Nevins Teaching and Clinical Research Fellowship in 2019 and The Inaugural Excellence in Peer Review in Clinical Advances in Periodontics. He enjoys teaching and conducting basic and clinical research focus on the hard and soft tissue regenerative procedures.