Perio Insight
Periodontal health for a better life
Editor: Joanna Kamma | Scientific Adviser: Andreas Stavropoulos
Perio Insight is an EFP online magazine focusing on periodontal science and clinical practice. It offers expert views and debates on key topics in periodontology and implant dentistry, and profiles research carried out at the EFP-accredited postgraduate programmes of periodontology.
It is edited by Joanna Kamma (Communications Committee) with Andreas Stavropoulos (Scientific Affairs Committee) as scientific adviser.
Prevention & public health
The economic impact of periodontitis in Switzerland: estimating potential healthcare savings
15 May 2023
Christoph Ramseier assesses the economic impact of periodontitis in Switzerland and how a prevention-based healthcare strategy could lead to substantial savings and improved general health.
JCP Editor
The connection between oral health and cognition
10 May 2023
Panos N. Papapanos, editor-in-chief of the EFP's Journal of Clinical Periodontology, highlights recent research published in the journal on the links between oral health and cognition.
Therapy
Which host-modulating approaches are showing most promise?
20 April 2023
Host-modulating agents can play an adjunctive role in supporting conventional non-surgical therapy for periodontitis. Georgios N. Belibasakis and Nagihan Bostanci explore the most promising approaches.
JCP Editor
Celebrating 50 years of the JCP
14 April 2023
Panos N. Papapanou, editor-in-chief of the "Journal of Clinical Periodontology" talks about the celebration of the Journal's 50th anniversary and its call for original research papers for a special anniversary issue.
Therapy
Using AI to improve clinical decision-making in periodontology
11 April 2023
Research at the UCL Eastman Dental Institute in London shows promising results on how artificial intelligence can be integrated into periodontology to improve decision-making.
Prevention & public health
How an AI-based mobile app can tackle low-grade systemic inflammation
29 March 2023
A mobile application under development uses artificial intelligenve to encourage users to make lifestyle changes that will benefit their periodontal and systemic health.
Therapy
How the perio-ortho synergy can improve smile aesthetics
14 March 2023
Speakers at the recent Perio Master Clinic 2023 in Antwerp show how the perio-ortho synergy can enhance smile aesthetics.
Research
Development of in-vitro multispecies subgingival biofilm models
14 March 2023
The development of a dynamic in-vitro model with multispecies biofilm is helping to increase our understanding of the behaviour of subgingival bacteria within biofilms and to assess the impact of different implant surfaces on biofilm growth.
JCP Editor
JCP editor-in-chief highlights EFP guidelines
14 March 2023
Panos N. Papapanou, editor-in-chief of the "Journal of Clinical Periodontology", will have a monthly column in "Perio Insight". Here he talks about the EFP's clinical practice guidelines.
Guidelines
Adolopment - national implementation of the EFP clinical practice guideline
30 June 2021
The British, German, and Spanish national societies of periodontology have taken the EFP Clinical Practice Guideline on the treatment of stages I-III periodontitis and adapted it to the reqiurements of local regulations and healthcare systems.
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