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EFP experts on impact of research showing association between periodontitis and Covid-19 complications
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EFP PERIO SESSIONS: Iain Chapple explained behaviour change and risk control in S3-level Guideline Step 1
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EFP PERIO SESSIONS: Can perio save your life? Filippo Graziani will discuss links between periodontal and cardiovascular diseases
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Titanium curettes versus chistosan brushes for supportive therapy after peri-implantitis surgery
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JCP Digest was subject of latest EFP Perio Talks
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Belgian perio society is busy preparing 40th anniversary conference and Perio Master Clinic 2023
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Forthcoming EFP Virtual events
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Graziani and Shapira discussed impact of research showing association between periodontitis and Covid-19 complications
“A VERY important paper” with “very striking data” and implications for the healthcare of people with Covid-19 and key messages on prevention for the public and medical professionals.
These were among the comments from Filippo Graziani (University of Pisa and EFP past president) and Lior Shapira (Hebrew University–Hadassah of Jerusalem and EFP president-elect) in an Instagram Live session on the EFP’s Instagram page (@perioeurope) on Wednesday 3 February about new research showing an association between periodontitis and Covid-19 complications.
The case-control study, published by the EFP’s Journal of Clinical Periodontology (JCP) on February 1, found that Covid-19 patients with periodontitis were 3.5 times more likely to be admitted to intensive care, 4.5 times more likely to need a ventilator, and almost nine times more likely to die compared to those without periodontitis.
Professors Graziani and Shapira outlined the possible biological explanations for this association:
- The combination of inflammation from Covid-19 (via "cytokine storms") and inflammation from the periodontitis may be synergistic and cause damage to the patient.
- Bacteria in periodontal pockets may go down into the lungs where Covid-19 is causing pulmonary infection and create a "superinfection" of the virus and the periodontal pathogens
The two experts also stressed the importance of prevention messages for the public and medical professionals based on the research.
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EFP Perio Sessions webinar on Guideline Step 1: Iain Chapple on building a 'stairway of care'
IN A well-attended live EFP Perio Sessions webinar on January 28, Iain Chapple gave a clear presentation on Step 1 of the EFP’s S3-level clinical practice guideline for the treatment of stage I-III periodontitis, focusing on behavioural change, risk factors and their management, and professional mechanical plaque removal (PMPR).
Prof Chapple, professor of periodontology at the University of Birmingham in the UK and former secretary general of the EFP, emphasised that Step 1 “gives us our biggest improvement in oral healthcare gain and in periodontal healthcare gain” and that “everything else performed in periodontal therapy depends upon it.”
The webinar concluded with a lively Q&A session, moderated by Spyros Vassilopoulos, which covered topics including patient motivation, advice on diet and exercise, air-polishing, flossing, and online risk-assessment tools.
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'Can perio save your life?' Find out at next EFP Perio Sessions webinar on links between periodontal and cardiovascular diseases
 THE SECOND EFP Perio Sessions webinar of 2021 focuses on the links between periodontal disease and cardiovascular disease, the subject of the Perio & Cardio campaign launched last autumn by the EFP and the World Heart Federation.
Filippo Graziani (professor of periodontology, University of Pisa, Italy and former EFP president, left) will review the latest research and answer questions in a session moderated by Henrik Dommisch (professor of periodontology, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany, co-ordinator Gum Health Day 2021). The webinar will explain the link between periodontitis and cardiovascular health.and the impact of periodontitis treatment on cardiovascular health.
This EFP Perio Sessions webinar takes place on Thursday 25 February at 19.00 (CET) and registration (35€ plus VAT) is now open.
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 JCP Digest explores titanium curettes versus chistosan brushes for supportive therapy after
peri-implantitis surgery
SURGICAL therapy has been shown to have a beneficial short-term effect on the progression of peri-implant disease. Post-surgery, supportive peri-implant therapy is important and different techniques have been deployed. Research summarised as JCP Digest, number 82, assessed the use of chitosan brushes (test) and titanium curettes (control) as treatment methods in supportive peri-implant therapy, from six months to 18 months after surgical therapy.
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EFP Perio Talks focused on JCP Digest
 IN THE latest EFP Perio Talks on Instagram (@perioeurope) on February 4, Phoebus Madianos, chair of the EFP scientific affairs committee and co-editor of JCP Digest, discussed the EFP's research summary publications with Susana Noronha, president of the Portuguese Society of Periodontology who translates JCP Digest into Portuguese. JCP Digest is published in eight langauges.
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Belgian perio society prepares 40th anniversary conference and Perio Master Clinic 2023 in Antwerp
THERE are busy times ahead for the Belgian Society of Peridontology as it prepares to celebrate its fortieth anniversary with a major conference in November and work gets under way on preparing Perio Master Clinic 2023, due to take place in Antwerp in March 2023, focused on the "perio-ortho synergy”.
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EFP Virtual calendar: upcoming Perio Sessions webinars and Instagram Perio Talks
PERIO SESSIONS
THURSDAY 25 FEBRUARY at 19.00 (CET):
Can periodontology save your life? The links between periodontal and cardiovascular diseases
Speaker: Filippo Graziani (professor of periodontology, University of Pisa, Italy)
Moderator: Henrik Dommisch (professor of periodontology, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany)
THURSDAY 11 MARCH at 19.00 (CET):
Guideline: Periodontal treatment Step 2 (subgingival instrumentation & adjunctive therapies)
Speaker: David Herrera (professor of periodontology, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain)
Moderator: Spyros Vassilopoulos (assistant professor of periodontology, University of Athens, Greece)
PERIO TALKS on Instagram (@perioeurope)
THURSDAY 18 MARCH at 19.00 (CET):
Social media for dentists and dental practices
Reena Wadia (UK periodontist, member EFP communications team) with
Bruno de Carvalho (EFP Alumni committee)
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