Aberdeen, Highlands and Inverness Section: Periodontal therapy in general practice

What to expect

This informative lecture will give dental professionals a clear, evidence-based pathway for managing periodontitis from diagnosis to reassessment, applying the 2017 classification and the EFP/BSP stepwise approach so that Steps 1 and 2 are delivered consistently, recorded properly and followed by sound decisions on supportive care, further treatment or referral.

You will explore: Biofilm-host interaction and risk factors (smoking, diabetes); 2017 classification: case definition, staging, grading, diagnostic statement; BPE, six-point charting, furcations, radiographs, records and consent; Step 1 self-care and interdental aids; Step 2 hand, sonic/ultrasonic and air-polishing technique, complications, adjuncts; reassessment, Step 3, endo-perio lesions, referral, and SDR claiming.

Timings

18:00 Registration, light refreshments and pizza

18:30 Lecture - Kübra Kaymaz

20:00 End of lecture

Learning objectives

• Confirm a periodontitis case and assign stage and grade

• Complete and record a six-point chart including furcation and mobility

• Select appropriate hand, powered and air-polishing instrumentation

• Interpret reassessment findings to decide on supportive care, Step 3 or referral.

Development outcomes

A, C, D

Meet the speaker

Kübra is a GDC-registered dentist with a special interest in periodontology and implant dentistry. She qualified from the Universitat de Barcelona in 2013 and holds a Master of Science in Periodontology (Münster), a Master of Public Health (Imperial College London) and a Dr. med. dent. (UK PhD equivalent) from the University of Hamburg. Prior to relocating to the UK, she worked in private and academic settings in Germany; her research at University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf focused on oral microbiology, epidemiology and the association of periodontitis with systemic diseases. She currently practises as a general dental practitioner in Aberdeen.