News & Events

The latest news from the EFP as well as details of its forthcoming events and those of its affiliated national societies of periodontology.

Perio Master Clinic 2026

The EFP International Perio Master Clinic is the premier forum for the promotion of clinical excellence in emerging and important clinical challenges in our specialty.

Education

The EFP's work in education includes a set of curricular guidelines for undergraduate dental education, a three-year accredited programme for postgraduate education in periodontology, and some continuing education tools for reference and consultation of dental professionals all along their careers. Besides, this area is the home of the 'EFP Alumni' section.

All publications

01 January 1970

Categories: Public health & Prevention, Article

How Gum Health Day 2026 begins a three-year campaign to empower lives

27 May 2026

Gum Health Day 2026 on 12 May marked the launch of a three-year awareness campaign focused on empowering people's live through knowledge, self-care, and wellbeing. Spyros Vassilopoulos explains the new strategy.
Categories: Clinical & Translational Research, JCP Digest, Article

What are the treatment outcomes of different surgical protocols for peri-implantitis?

22 May 2026

The latest issue of JCP Digest summarizes a retrospective cohort analysis that assessed the treatment outcomes of different surgical peri-implantitis treatments and sought to identify the factors that influence treatment success.
Categories: Clinical & Translational Research, Systemic health, Article

Probiotics in treating periodontitis and diabetes: a more systemic than local effect?

13 May 2026

Rocío Bujaldón Rodríguez, winner of the second prize for clinical research in the latest edition of the EFP’s annual Postgraduate Research Prize, describes a clinical trial on the effect of probiotics in periodontal patients with diabetes.
Categories: Public health & Prevention, Podcast

Perio Talks: Gum Health Day—Empowering lives

07 May 2026

Spyros Vassilopoulos talks with Annika Kroeger about the new concept of the EFP's Gum Health Day campaign and how increasing awareness, prevention, and education can empower people to take better care of their gum health.
Categories: Responsible Periodontology, Podcast

Perio Talks: Responsible Periodontology

23 April 2026

In the latest Perio Talks podcast, Christoph Ramseier discusses the EFP initiative Responsible Periodontology, what this means in everyday practice, and how digital innovation and AI can make oral healthcare more sustainable.
Categories: Clinical & Translational Research, Treatment, Article

How Perio Master Clinic 2026 showed importance of innovation and interdisciplinary thinking

23 April 2026

Orthodontist Kathrin Becker and periodontist Denica Kuzmanova explain how Perio Master Clinic 2026 highlighted the transformative role of the digital revolution and interdisciplinary thinking in treating complex perio-restorative cases.
Categories: Clinical & Translational Research, JCP Digest, Article

Does adjunctive use of systemic amoxicillin and metronidazole improve outcomes of access-flap surgery for peri-implantitis?

23 April 2026

The latest issue of JCP Digest describes a randomized controlled trial that evaluated the effect of adding a seven-day regimen of systemic amoxicillin and metronidazole to access-flap surgery for peri-implantitis.
Categories: Clinical & Translational Research, Article

Rethinking bone substitutes in GBR: Can synthetic materials match the standard of care?

20 April 2026

Kiri N. Lang, winner of the first prize in the EFP’s Postgraduate Research Prize for preclinical/basic research, describes her research group’s randomized controlled study of bone substitutes in guided bone research.
Categories: Treatment, Article

Green dentistry: agentic AI and the digital path to sustainability

10 April 2026

In the third and final article of a series on “Green Dentistry”, Christoph Ramseier explores the ways that artificial intelligence can enable periodontists and other dental professionals to act more ecologically in their clinical practice.