Lee H. Silverstein, DDS, MS, is an associate clinical professor of periodontics at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, Georgia and he maintains a private practice at Kennestone Periodontics in Marietta, Georgia. Dr. Silverstein lectures nationally and internationally on the topics of periodontal plastic surgery, dental implantology, hard and soft tissue regenerative surgical techniques and oral medicine. He has published more than 100 scientific articles in refereed journals and authored eight textbook chapters. Dr. Silverstein is on the contributing editorial boards of Practical Periodontics and Aesthetic Dentistry, Dentistry Today, Collaborative Dental Techniques, Inside Dentistry, and Functional Esthetics and Restorative Dentistry. Dr. Silverstein is the author of the textbooks Principles of Dental Suturing: A Complete Guide to Surgical Closure and Principles of Soft Tissue Surgery: A Complete Step by Step Procedural Guide.