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.
JCP Editor
JCP special issues on implant dentistry will have impact for years to come
28 September 2023
Panos N. Papapanou, editor-in-chief of the EFP's Journal of Clinical Periodontology, highlights two special issues related to implant dentistry.
Prevention & public health
Monitoring and controlling oral endotoxin levels for disease prevention
17 July 2023
Svetislav Zaric, third-prize winner in the EFP’s Innovation Award for Digital Solutions for Gum Health 2023, explains his proposal for personalised prevention based on monitoring and controlling oral endotoxin activity.
Therapy
An app to help dentists and patients better manage periodontal care
12 July 2023
Claire Bigot, winner of the first prize in the EFP’s Innovation Award for Digital Solutions for Gum Health 2023 for the web and moblie application My PerioCare, explains how the technology can benefit both dentists and patients.
Prevention & public health, Therapy
The role of micronutrients in periodontal disease prevention and therapy
21 June 2023
Denica Kuzmanova and Henrik Dommisch describe the current understanding of the impact of diet and of vitamins and other micronutrients on preventing and treating periodontitis.
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. Papapanou, 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.
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