Features

Leading researcher Nicola West explains the work behind the Perio & Caries project
The new Perio & Caries awareness project, launched by the EFP in partnership with Colgate, has at its centre five detailed recommendation brochures targeted at different audiences.

FOCUS: Journal of Clinical Periodontology publishes Perio Workshop 2016 consensus findings on caries and periodontal diseases
The consensus findings of Perio Workshop 2016, which explored the boundaries between caries and periodontal diseases, have been published in an open-access supplement of the EFP’s scientific publication the Journal of Clinical Periodontology.

FOCUS: Perio Workshop 2016 conclusions reveal factors shared by periodontal diseases and caries and highlight common approaches to prevention
Both caries and periodontal diseases share common genetic, aetiological, and environmental factors, although they follow different trajectories.