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GUM HEALTH DAY 2022: 'TREAT YOUR GUMS'

The EFP has presented its affiliated national societies of periodontology and its partners with an innovative “campaign builder” for driving awareness of periodontal health in this year’s Gum Health Day campaign.
Organised around the slogan of “Treat your gums”, Gum Health Day 2022 on May 12 will tell the public of the harmful effects of all forms of gum disease – gingivitis, periodontitis, peri-implant mucositis, and peri-implantitis – on both oral and overall health.
The campaign – led by Gum Health Day co-ordinator Moritz Kebschull – calls for the prevention, early detection, and effective treatment of gum diseases. It emphasises the important role of well-informed clinicians, highlighting the current (2018) classification of periodontal and peri-implant diseases and conditions and the EFP’s clinical practice guidelines for treating periodontitis.
The tool devised to help drive home this message is the “campaign builder”, which allows the creation customised layouts for posters and social media posts around the slogan “Treat your gums”.

Perio Talks special on May 12

To mark Gum Health Day 2022, there will be a live Perio Talks session on Instagram on May 12 at 18.00 (CET), in which Moritz Kebschull and representatives of EFP-affiliated national societies of periodontology will talk about awareness initiatives in different countries, the use of the campaign builder, and how to create greater awareness of Gum Health Day and of gum health in general.

EUROPERIO10 NEWS

MAY 18 BOOKING DEADLINE
The deadline for regular-fee booking for the EuroPerio10 congress is May 18, after which higher late and onsite booking fees apply. More than 130 speakers from over 30 countries will take part in the main scientific programme, which features a wide variety of formats – including live surgery, debates, interactive sessions, video sessions, and symposia – and sessions tailored for different audiences from academics and specialists to clinicians and hygienists. EuroPerio10 will take place at the Bella Centre in Copenhagen, Denmark, on June 15 to 18.

'NIGHTMARE' SESSIONS IN COPENHAGEN
One of the highlights of the scientific programme for EuroPerio10 will be the two “nightmare” sessions in which clinicians will talk about surgeries and procedures that did not go according to plan and how they handled the resulting problems.
On Thursday, June 16 (14.30-16.00), there will be a session devoted to dental implants. Chaired by Adrián Guerrero (Spain), it will feature contributions from Øystein Fardal (Norway), Tiernan O’Brien (Ireland), and Luca Landi (Italy).
The second nightmare session, related to periodontitis treatment, will take place on Friday, June 17 (14.30-16.00). Former EFP president Lior Shapira will be in the chair and there will be presentations by Moshe Goldstein (Israel, chair of EFP postgraduate education committee), Pierpaolo Cortellini (Italy), and Giulio Rasperini (Italy).

KEY ROLE OF EUROPERIO10 AMBASSADORS
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A key role in promoting the EuroPerio10 congress is being played by the EuroPerio10 ambassadors. “The ambassadors hold the ‘beating heart’ of communication to EuroPerio’s core participants, and thanks to their hard work during the challenging time of the Covid-19 pandemic, there is a huge interest in EuroPerio10” said Tali Chackartchi, chair of the EuroPerio10 ambassador programme.

EFP ALUMNI AT EUROPERIO: There will be a special session at EuroPerio10 for EFP Alumni on Wednesday 15 May at 15.15 (CET), which will feature the lecture “Marketing management: understanding the patients” by Carlo Gallucci, a leading expert in marketing. Following the lecture, the EFP Alumni assembly will take place, during which a new board will be elected to serve for the next three years. All graduates of EFP-accredited programmes who hold an EFP diploma are eligible for election to the board.

EUROPERIO SERIES GIVEN POSITIVE RATINGS
The EuroPerio Series of online education events focused on material related to the forthcoming EuroPerio10 congress (Copenhagen, June 15-18), has been given a very positive rating by people who participated in the seven sessions.

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JCP DIGEST: The one hundredth issue of the EFP's research summary JCP Digest has been published. JCP Digest 100 focuses on preclinical research on the effect of the timing of implant placement and the type of soft-tissue graft in terms of changes to the ridge profile. The study evaluates immediate, early, and delayed implant placement as well as placement following alveolar ridge preservation. It also compares the use of a connective tissue graft with volume-stable cross-linked collagen matrix.

NEW EFP PARTNER: The EFP is pleased to announce that the Dutch multinational conglomerate Philips has become the federation's latest partner. Philips, which has a range of oral-healthcare products, becomes the seventh EFP partner, joining Dentaid, Oral-B, Colgate, Straumann, GSK, and Curasept.