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The EFP has created a safety protocol so the clinics can operate safely despite the Covid-19 crisis and manage their patients before, during, and after their treatment. The following infographics illustrate how ot perform the patient triage, patient management in the dental practice, and treatment and post-treatment routines, as well a phone-triage questionnaire with questions to ask patients when they call the dental practice to make an appointment.
Article originally published with the title "Impact of the global burden of periodontal diseases on health, nutrition and wellbeing of mankind: a call for global action" in the Journal of Clinical Periodontology in May 2017. Its authors are Maurizio Tonetti, Søren Jepsen, Lijan Jin, and Joan Otomo-Corgel.
The EFP released a statement concerning certain media coverage across the developed world on the efficacy or otherwise of flossing to prevent gum disease.
A complete presentation of what the EFP is, what it does, and what it stands for, featuring a review of its events, its campaigns, its publications, its committees, its affiliated societies, its history and its present.
The EFP Manifesto Perio and General Health is a call to action in terms of prevention, early detection, and treatment of periodontitis. It is the first formal declaration in international dentistry to condense years of research into an acknowledgement of gum disease as a major public health issue. All dental and medical professionals and organisations are wantly invited to sign it.