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.

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Therapy

Adjacent teeth have no impact on marginal bone levels around implants

30 July 2024

In the final of a series of articles by the four winners of the EFP Graduate Research Prize 2023, Lucienne Weigel (University of Bern, Switzerland) describes a retrospective study into marginal bone level changes around dental implants.

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Research

What happens after healing when keratinised and non-keratinised tissue are transpositioned?

23 July 2024

EFP Graduate Research Prize 2023 co-winners Andrea Roccuzzo (University of Bern, Switzerland) explores healing after heterotopic mucosa transpositioning at dental implants and teeth.

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Research, Therapy

Which PRF preparation offers most potential for osteogenesis?

11 July 2024

Konstantinos Kosmidis (Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam, The Netherlands) outlines the findings of a study of the osteogenesis potential of three different PRF preparations.

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Therapy

Green dentistry: a way forward for oral-health professionals

05 July 2024

Sustainable or green dentistry is an evolving field that aims to integrate environmentally friendly practices into dental care. Christoph Ramseier explores the challenges and opportunities for dental professionals to adopt sustainable practices.

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Disease

Influence of systemic sclerosis on periodontal health

24 June 2024

In the first of a series of articles by the four winners of the EFP Graduate Research Prize 2023, Marianna Gavriiloglou outlines a case-control study about how systemic sclerosis may influence periodontal health.

JCP editor calls for greater autism awareness
JCP Editor

JCP editor calls for greater autism awareness

15 April 2024

Panos N. Papapanou, editor-in-chief of the EFP's Journal of Clinical Periodontology, highlights the need for greater awareness of autism.

How indoor air purification can protect dentists and patients from transmission of viruses
Prevention & Public health

How indoor air purification can protect dentists and patients from viruses

04 March 2024

Indoor air purifiers equipped with high-efficiency particulate (HEPA) air filters should be deployed in dental clinics as well as doctors’ surgeries, nursing homes and other indoor environment, writes environmental engineer Constantinos Sioutas.

Gums and Tums - what is the connection?

Gums and Tums - what is the connection?

08 February 2024

The relationship between the oral and gut microbiomes has become the subject of an increasing amount of research. Professor Iain Chapple guides us through the terrain and highlights the key questions that remain to be answered.

JCP editor highlights latest research

JCP editor highlights latest research

31 January 2024

Panos N. Papapanou, editor-in-chief of the EFP's Journal of Clinical Periodontology, offers his "editor's pick" of recent papers published in the journal.

The ‘thrilling’ discovery of the Y4 leukotoxin and the finding of Aggregatibacter (Actinobacillus) actinomycetemcomitans
Disease, Research

The ‘thrilling’ discovery of the Y4 leukotoxin and the finding of Aggregatibacter (Actinobacillus) actinomycetemcomitans

27 January 2024

The discovery of Y4 leukotoxicity and the subsequent finding of JP2 as a “super” leukotoxin producer were key moments in the development of periodontal science and the understanding of the inflammatory response to bacteria.