EuroPerio8 has broken its first record with 1,614 abstract presentations received by the midnight deadline on December 9.
This outstanding statistic smashes the former best total of 1,459, which was set in 2012 for the Vienna EuroPerio7 event.
This good news also gets the final six months of promotion for the world's biggest event in periodontology off to a very promising start. EuroPerio8 begins on June 3, 2015 at the ExCeL Conference Centre, London.
"Only six months to go and the excitement is mounting," said Chairman of the EuroPerio8 Organising Committee, Francis Hughes, who is delighted with the response so far to the event.
"Everywhere I go the enthusiasm for EuroPerio8 is amazing," he continued.
"We have had a record number of abstracts submitted, and it looks like we are on for the biggest and best EuroPerio ever," said the EP8 Chairman.
Whet your appetite for EuroPerio8 by checking the array of top international perio speakers featured in our promo video here.
Guidelines for clinicians on the prevention of periodontal disease will be issued by the EFP this April when the Journal of Clinical Periodontology (JCP) publishes the conclusions of the XI European Workshop in Periodontology: Effective Prevention of Periodontal and Peri-implant Diseases.
Dr. Iain Chapple, chairman of the second of the Workshop's four working groups (Primary prevention of periodontitis – managing gingivitis) foresees an important impact from the guidelines for oral health professionals. These will clarify the efficacy of techniques used in oral hygiene around the world, while stressing the need for clinicians to fully inform patients on how to maintain a healthy mouth.
The value of oral hygiene instructions
The importance of correctly instructing patients will be one of the key issues to emerge from the data reviewed by working group 2, data that will translate into guidelines for professionals from April onwards.
"Professional oral hygiene instruction should always underpin mechanical plaque control and has been shown to reduce plaque and gingivitis scores, even with a single episode, but reinforcement is recommended," urged Chapple.
The Workshop was split into four working groups. Group 1 - Principles in Prevention of Periodontal Diseases - was chaired by Maurizio Tonetti; Group 3 - Primary prevention of peri-implantitis – Managing peri-implant mucositis - was chaired by Soren Jepsen, while Mariano Sanz, overall chair of the XI Workshop, was chairman of group 4 - Managing complications of gingival and periodontal diseases and professional mechanical plaque control.
A top-level scientific meeting
Dr. Chapple emphasised the high level of the Workshop's analytical approach.
"I was very impressed by the quality and comprehensive nature of the systematic reviews and meta-reviews," said Chapple, who is head of Periodontology at the University of Birmingham's School of Dentistry (UK).
"There is no doubt that the evidence-based nature of these recommendations will have a significant impact on the discipline," he continued.
EFP Workshops
This EFP Workshop took place over four days last November in the Spanish mountain town of La Granja de San Ildefonso near Segovia. The town has hosted many of the now annual research summits in which European experts have often been joined, as this year, by distinguished colleagues from the American Academy of Periodontology. While researchers regularly extend their long intense sessions in order to complete their systematic review procedure, work is generally carried over to the following months, much of it in the hands of the working group chairmen, who carefully prepare the conclusions to meet deadlines for the publication of a special Workshop supplement in the April issue of the JCP.
The full working group no.2 from the XI European Workshop in Periodontology:
Chairman: Iain Chapple;
Reviewer: Fridus Van der Weijden, Christof Doerfer,
David Herrera, Lior Shapira; Participant: Mario
Aimetti, Nicole Arweiler, Nikos Donos, Filippo
Graziani, Henry Greenwell, Eren Kuru Bahar, Anna
Louropoulou, Eli Machtei, Phoebus Madianos,
David Polak, Wim Teughels, Arie Van Winkelhoff.
January 30 and 31 will see one of the first outstanding periodontology events of 2015 when the Hellenic Society of Periodontology holds a two-day seminar in the second largest city in Greece, Thessaloniki.
'Treatment of the complex periodontal case. Preservation of natural teeth – dental implant placement' is the full title of the event, which includes a hands-on course: 'Post-extraction socket preservation with the use of a collagen matrix (Mucograft)', featuring a demonstration and training with the use of pig jaws.
Four of the world's leading experts in these areas will present the seminar:
Professor Soren Jepsen, director and chairman of the Department of Periodontology, Operative and Preventive Dentistry at the University of Bonn, Germany, will talk on 'Risk factors of periodontal disease: new aspects'. His many roles include that of Associate Editor of the EFP's prestigious periodontal science publication, the Journal of Clinical Periodontology.
Dr. Filippo Graziani, clinical researcher and Associate Professor of Periodontology at the University of Pisa, Italy, will discuss 'Conservative periodontal surgery: a critical contemporary evaluation' and 'A new approach for the evaluation of periodontal treatment based on the patient‘s perception'. Graziani is also the Italian national co-ordinator of dental researchers and chief researcher of the Italian Ministry of Health project “Periodontal disease as emergent systemic disease".
Professor Korkud Demirel has been a leading academic and lecturer at Istanbul University's Department of Periodontology since1991, and his special interest areas are periodontal plastic surgery and soft tissue regeneration; dental implants and bone regeneration; and smoking and periodontal disease. He will deliver a 2-part lecture on 'Basic principles of anterior implant site management'.
Nikolaos Donos, who qualified in dentistry locally at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece in 1992, completing his training as a specialist in Aarhus, Denmark, is currently Chair and Head of Periodontology at the Eastman Dental Institute, London. He will speak about the 'Association between periodontitis and peri-implantitis' and 'Step-by-step treatment and implant-based restoration of the patient suffering from periodontitis'.
Registration fees for the theoretical seminar are these: members 80 €; non members 110 €; students 50 €. The hands-on course costs 80 €. For more information, write by email to helperio@periodontology.gr
Why will the experience of attending a conference continue to have the edge over internet learning? See and hear what EuroPerio8 chairmen Francis Hughes and Mariano Sanz have to say in their filmed informal conversation about the world's number one periodontology event.
Both agree that not only do conferences complement information available online by helping you to prioritise, but they provide superb opportunities for networking, for catching up with new product on commercial stands, for interchanging experiences and tips with peers, and for international discussion at the highest scientific level of the hottest clinical and professional issues.
Francis Hughes, Chairman of the EuroPerio8 Organising Committee, and Scientific Chairman Mariano Sanz also underline the importance of "dentistry stars", referring to the more than 100 top speakers featuring in the event's science-rich programme . In their brief chat, both chairmen endorse the quality of the experts who will appear at EuroPerio8 in London's ExCeL centre from June 3 to 6, 2015.
Professors Hughes and Sanz were filmed in conversation recently at the EFP's XI Workshop in Periodontology. Watch the video here.
For a fresh view of why EuroPerio8 will be such a state-of-the-art event, read this entry recently published on the official conference blog, Perio People.
Dental hygienists can get nearly 30% off the special EuroPerio8 day ticket if they register by February 27.
This one-day alternative to full June 3-6 participation costs just 145 euros as opposed to the 205 euros you will pay if you wait until after May 13, 2015 or hold off to purchase on-site at the world's leading conference in periodontology and implant dentistry.
There is also an early registration incentive for hygienists opting for full attendance of EuroPerio8. A price of 260 euros will get you the complete June 3 to 6 package if you book before Feb 27. After that, until May 13, you can still take advantage of a discounted price of 315 euros. For full details of registration prices, click here.
As a day ticket holder, dental hygienists will - on the day of your ticket - enjoy the full benefits of the scientific programme, receive all relevant conference materials, and access conference documentation through a login. You will also be able to catch up with all the latest product and technical innovations from the dental industry by visiting the huge exhibition space at the conference venue, ExCel.
Get your online registration form here .
EuroPerio8 registration costs a good deal less for EFP members, who can enjoy a 22% discount if they apply before the early enrolment deadline of Feb 27, 2015.
A full conference pass will cost you just 495€ if you are an EFP member making an early booking, a 140€ saving against the non-member early-bird price of 635€.
Your EFP membership will also save you plenty on registration for the world's biggest event in periodontology whenever you book, although both members and non-members can take advantage of an early discount incentive.
Until February 27, 2015:
EFP Members 495€
Non-members 635€
Until May 13, 2015:
EFP Members 635€
Non-members 750€
After May 13, 2015:
EFP Members 750€
Non-members 865€
This means that from February 27 to May 13, members enjoy a 15% discount advantage over non-members, and in the remaining weeks between the final discount deadline of May 13 and the opening of EuroPerio8 on June 3, EFP members pay 13% less than non-members.
How do you become a member of the EFP and take advantage of not only EuroPerio discounts but access to cutting edge research information from major Workshops, the prestigious periodontal science publication the Journal of Clinical Periodontology, constantly updated learning and knowledge resources which include research digests and events such as Master Clinics, all-year-round online information, and much more?
The European Federation of Periodontology has no direct individual members. Its members are signed up to the 29 national societies of periodontology which make up the Federation. Contact your national society for membership info.
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The world of periodontology has lost one of its most honoured and respected figures with the death on December 20 of the founder and pioneer surgeon of osseointegration, Sweden's Professor Per-Ingvar Brånemark.
The EFP expresses its very deep sorrow at Professor Brånemark's passing and extends its condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues.
Here, in full, is the announcement and appreciation sent to the EFP by Björn Klinge, President of the Swedish Association for Periodontology and Implant Dentistry :
I regret having to share with you that Professor Per-Ingvar Brånemark died Saturday afternoon, December 20, 2014, at the age of 85.
Brånemark discovered osseointegration and designed and developed reconstructive surgical procedures based on this principle. Experimental biological studies in microvascular structure and function used vital microscopy as a basic technique for analysing blood as a mobile tissue in wound healing, tissue injury and repair. The structure and function of the interface between synthetic materials and biologic tissues has been analysed in multi-disciplinary studies. In an extensive research programme in medicine and dentistry, summarized in more than 40 Ph.D. theses, and over 300 papers and a series of monographs and films, the anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology of bone, marrow, joint, muscle, tendon and nerve tissues were explored. Experimental surgical programmes involved immediate and preformed bone grafting procedures. Components, instruments and procedures for tissue integration of prostheses in different parts of the body were designed and evaluated in long term clinical studies.
According to his will, the funeral ceremonies will be held within the closer family. A symposium in recognition of Per-Ingvar Brånemark and his outstanding work will be arranged and announced later.
Björn Klinge
President of the Swedish Association for Periodontology and Implant Dentistry
Bjorn.Klinge@mah.se
What are the advantages of air-polishing in supportive periodontal therapy (SPT)?
Assessing the efficacy of this method of removing newly formed bacterial deposits from residual pockets was the aim of a study published in September 2014 by the EFP's prestigious Journal of Clinical Periodontology (JCP), and which was then summarised by a team of rapporteurs under the supervision of leading Israeli periodontologist Eli. E. Machtei.
The resulting research précis is the ninth JCP Digest (09) to be published by the EFP. The document, which can be read and downloaded here, brings you the essential details of this work, Subgingival air-polishing with erythritol during periodontal maintenance: Randomised clinical trial of twelve months. A 12-month randomised clinical trial, evaluates the efficacy of repeated sub-gingival air-polishing containing erythritol powder with 0.3% chlorhexidine in residual pockets of >4 mm.
The study was industry-supported rather than independent. The authors point out that air-polishing devices are just one of a variety of methods used in SPT.
This particular method uses compressed air in an attempt to blast out bacterial deposits from residual pockets.
A relevant study is chosen from each monthly issue of the JCP to be boiled down to a concise format ideal for practitioners with little time to read long research papers. The summary of this study was carried out by residents from the postgraduate programme at the Department of Periodontology, School of graduate dentistry, Rambam HCC and the Faculty of Medicine – Technion, Israeli Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
There is a sunny Mediterranean feel to the national society events calendar for the first quarter of 2015.
The Hellenic Society of Periodontology stages two seminars: (January 30 and 31) on 'Treatment of the Complex Periodontal Case: Preservation of Natural Teeth – Dental Implant Placement', and then March 20-22 on 'Clinical Application of Implants'.
In February (20 and 21), the Portuguese Society of Periodontology and Implantology will celebrate its annual meeting in Porto, while SEPA, the Spanish Society of Periodontology and Osseointegration has chosen to host its 49th annual conference in Barcelona from February 26 to 28, together with the 5th SEPA annual dental hygiene conference (more info on both events here)
The Israeli Society of Periodontology and Osseointegration will also hold its annual conference in February (4 and 5). "New Perspectives for Interdisciplinary Dental Treatment" will be the Israeli Society's 24th annual meeting, and will take place in Tel Aviv with guest speakers Giovanni Zucchelli, Pierpaolo Cortellini, Marc Quirynen, and Andrea Pilloni.
The Adriatic town of Rimini will provide the stage for the 17th International Congress of the Italian Society of Periodontology and Implantology on March 6 and 7 - "Periodontitis: awareness, innovation and method for the management of an epidemic" - with a pre-congress course on March 5. Further info here.
For more info on up-and-coming events held by national societies aligned to the European Federation of Periodontology, please keep an eye on the events listings on our home page or go directly to the events page here.
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