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L-PRF ‘not shown to enhance alveolar-ridge preservation’ The use of leucocyte- and platelet-rich fibrin (L-PRF) in periodontal therapy has attracted considerable clinical attention in recent years,

JCP Digest: Age should not be a limiting factor for implant therapy Ageing does not seem to disrupt osseointegration in the early stages of healing after implant placement, so age should not be a

Use of EMD in treatment of peri-implantitis may improve implant survival time The adjunctive use of enamel matrix derivative (EMD) in combination with peri-implant surgery may improve the survival

Obesity is risk factor for progression of periodontal attachment loss in women – JCP Digest A five-year study has shown that obesity appears to be a risk factor for periodontal attachment loss (PAL)

Latest issue of JCP Digest explores evolution of periodontal medicine Periodontal medicine emerged in the 1990s and has since established a two-way relationship between periodontal diseases and

Latest JCP Digest explores timing of orthodontic therapy in patients with stage IV periodontitis In recent years there has been debate over the optimal timing of orthodontic therapy in patients with

Gum Health Day 2019: Poland – focus on holistic approach The first event staged by the Polish Society of Periodontology to mark Gum Health Day was the “Holistic approach to oral

Retention of furcation involved teeth more cost-effective than replacing with ISCs JCP Digest 11 is now downloadable. The cost effectiveness of strategies for retaining or replacing molars with

Periodontal regenerative therapy using enamel matrix derivative ‘shows improvements regardless of patient age’ A three-year prospective cohort study, now summarised of JCP Digest 98, investigated

Free gingival grafts ‘may shrink more around implants than teeth’ A free gingival graft can be a “valuable and predictable” treatment for increasing keratinised tissue width around both teeth and