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Perio Workshop 2016

XII European Workshop on Periodontology

The boundaries between caries and periodontal diseases
_{6-9 November 2016}

The EFP Perio Workshop 2016, organised in partnership with the European Organisation for Caries Research (ORCA), focused on the relationship between caries and periodontal diseases.

During the workshop, 75 invited experts from the two organisations reviewed the available evidence on the common links between these important oral conditions. There was a special emphasis on the associated causes and risk factors and on aspects of prevention that may influence both periodontal diseases and caries.

The workshop, sponsored by Colgate, took place from November 6 to 9, 2016 in La Granja de San Ildefonso, near Segovia in Spain, which has been the venue of recent editions of the EFP Perio Workshop.

The conclusions of the workshop were published in a special open-access supplement of the EFP’s Journal of Clinical Periodontology.

“Caries and periodontal diseases have always been considered as very separate entities,” says Mariano Sanz, chairman of the EFP Perio Workshop. “But recent evidence clearly points to several mechanisms and factors shared by both. This workshop will serve to identify these similarities – as well as the distinct characteristics of each entity – and will thus recommend clear preventive measures at both individual and population level.”

Participants

Working group 1:

Role of microbial biofilms in the maintenance of oral health and the development of dental caries and periodontal diseases

Review papers

The global burden of caries and periodontal diseases (T.Dietrich & J. Frencken)
Socio-behavioural aspectsvin the prevention and control of dental caries and periodontal diseases atan individual and population level (C. Dorfer&J. Schmoeckel)
Mechanical and Chemical Plaque Control in Managing Gingivitis and Caries:a systematic review (E. Figuero & J Carvalho)

Chairmen	Mariano Sanz, David Beighton
Reviewers	Egija Zaura, Alex Mira, Mark Herzberg, Philip Marsh, Mike Curtis, Joerg Meyle
Participants	Irene Dige, SvanteTwetman, Jaime Cury, Rodrigo Giacaman, Eric Reynolds, Andrea Mombelli, David Herrera, Eija Könönen, Marc Quirynen, Lior Shapira
Representative from Colgate	Irina Laura Chivu
Staff member	Ana Molina

Working group 2:

Interaction of lifestyle, behaviour or systemic diseases with oral health, dental caries and periodontal diseases

Review papers

Shared modifiable risk factors for dental caries and periodontal diseases. (G.Campus & P. Bouchard)
Genetic and Epigenetic regulation of gene expression and its possible role in the pathogenesis of caries and periodontal disease (L. Nibali & A. Vieira)
Nutrition, dental caries, and periodontal disease: a practical overview (P Hujoel & P. Lingström)

Chairmen	Iain Chapple, Andreas Schulte
Reviewers	Guglielmo Campus, Alexandre R. Vieira, Peter Lingström, Philippe Bouchard, Luigi Nibali, Philippe Hujoel
Participants	Nadine Schlüter, Chris Rahiotis, Cor van Loveren, David Manton, Nigel Pitts, Marja Laine, Wim Teughels, Fridus Van der Weijden, Henrik Dommisch
Representative from Colgate	Michael Schneider
Staff member	Eduardo Montero

Working group 3:

Prevention and control of dental caries and periodontal diseases at individual and population level

Review papers

The global burden of caries and periodontal diseases (T.Dietrich & J. Frencken)
Socio-behaviouralaspectsvin the prevention and control of dental caries and periodontal diseases atan individual and population level (C. Dorfer&J. Schmoeckel)
Mechanical and Chemical Plaque Control in Managing Gingivitis and Caries: a systematic review (E. Figuero & J Carvalho)

Chairmen	Søren Jepsen, Vita Maciulskiene
Reviewers	Joannes Frencken, Julian Schmoeckel, Joana Carvalho, Thomas Dietrich, Christof Doerfer, Elena Figuero
Participants	Monique van der Veen, Kim Ekstrand, Wolfgang Buchalla, LiviaTenuta, Marisa Maltz, Susan Higham, Thomas Kocher, Filippo Graziani, Juan Blanco, Anton Sculean, Panos Papapanou
Representative from Platform for Oral Health	Ken Eaton
Representative from Colgate	Roger Elwood
Staff member	Alberto Ortiz-Vigón

Working group 4:

Age-related effects on oral health, dental caries and periodontal diseases

Review papers

Aging, dental caries and periodontal diseases (R.Lopez & F. Schweldicke)
Changes in immune function (immune senescence) in caries and periodontal diseases: a systematic review (P. Preshaw & G. Conrads)
Gingival recession and root caries in the ageing population: A critical evaluation of treatments (P. Heasman & B.Nyvad)

Chairmen	Maurizio Tonetti, Sebastian Paris
Reviewers	Falk Schwendicke, Georg Conrads, Bente Nyvad, Rodrigo Lopez, Philip Preshaw, Peter Heasman
Participants	Peter Bottenberg, Alix Young, Jacques Vannobergen, Marie-Charlotte Huysmans, Gert Jan van der Putten, Stefan Renvert, Ian Needleman, Phoebus Madianos, Leonardo Trombelli, Peter Eickholz, Frauke Muller, Nicola West
Representative from Colgate	Ian Pretty
Staff member	Ignacio Sanz-Sanchez, Ignacio Sanz-Martin

Conclusions

Proceedings of the 12th European Workshop on Periodontology, “The Boundaries between Caries and Periodontal Diseases”. A joint workshop between the European Federation of Periodontology (EFP) and the European Organization for Caries Research (ORCA) are available online in a free, open-access supplement of the March 2017 issue of the Journal of Clinical Periodontology (JCP):

See Full proceedings