JCP Digest 2024
JCP Digest
JCP Digest offers concise research in periodontology to enable clinicians to keep their knowledge up to date, summarising studies first published in the Journal of Clinical Periodontology. Edited by Andreas Stavropoulous, chair of the EFP's scientific affairs committee, in co-operation with JCP editor-in-chief Panos Papapanou, each issue of JCP Digest is prepared by a team of students at one of the EFP-accredited postgraduate periodontology courses.
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Soft-tissue augmentation at immediate implant placement: Why rush?
29 November 2024
A single-centre randomised controlled trial assesses the effect of soft tissue augmentation timing on buccal bone changes at one year, when performed together with or three months after immediate implant placement.
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Non-surgical retreatment or papilliary preservation flap surgery?
31 October 2024
This randomised controlled trial compared the efficacy of non-surgical reinstrumentation (NSR) and papillary preservation flap (PPF) surgery at single-rooted teeth with residual pockets.
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Decision-making on using systemic antibiotics to treat periodontitis
06 September 2024
A retrospective analysis comparing the clinical effectiveness and the frequency of antibiotic usage between two different decision-making strategies in the management of periodontitis.
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Can we avoid surgery for peri-implantitis with systemic antibiotics?
22 August 2024
This retrospective cohort study assesses the prolonged impacts of systemically administered amoxicillin and metronidazole, alongside non-surgical sub-marginal instrumentation, and evaluates the requirement for additional surgical treatment during the...
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Short versus long implants: when does size matter?
30 July 2024
A systematic review/meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) to evaluate the survival rates (primary outcome), as well as marginal bone loss (MBL) and complications of short implants (≤6mm) compared to long implants (≥10mm) in specific...