News & Events

The latest news from the EFP as well as details of its forthcoming events and those of its affiliated national societies of periodontology.

Upcoming events from EFP's member societies

Learn in advance about the conferences and meetings being organised by the EFP's national member societies in the weeks and months ahead.

Perio Workshop

Learn about Perio Workshop, the EFP’s annual scientific meeting that brings the best periodontal scientists together to reach a new consensus on strategic periodontal issues.

All publications

01 January 1970

Categories: Clinical & Translational Research, EuroPerio, Podcast

The JCP and EuroPerio11

11 April 2025

In the latest PerioTalks podcast Phoebus Madianos discusses the role of the JCP in relation to the EuroPerio congress with EuroPerio11 chair Anton Sculean and scientific chair Lior Shapira.
Categories: Clinical & Translational Research, Podcast

From legacy to innovation: JCP editorial board insights

21 March 2025

Celebating the 50th anniversary of the Journal of Clinical Periodontology, former editor-in-chief Maurizio Tonetti, current editor-in-chief Panos Papapanou, and moderator Iain Chapple reflect on the publication's remarkable journey.
Categories: Clinical & Translational Research, EuroPerio, Article

Bottoms Up! How can gut microbiome research benefit periodontitis patients?

11 February 2025

A symposium at EuroPerio11 will discuss the latest research on the links between the oral and gut microbiomes, including new insights into how changes in host-microbiome interactions in one environment reflect concomitant changes in the other.
Categories: Clinical & Translational Research, Podcast

JCP and the EFP-Jaccard Research Prize in Periodontology

27 January 2025

In this second episode of the special podcast series celebrating the Journal of Clinical Periodontology (JCP), James Deschner interviews Raluca Cosgarea and Christoph Ramseier, past winners of the Jaccard-EFP Research Prize in Periodontology.
Categories: Clinical & Translational Research, Podcast

JCP - how it all began

13 December 2024

In the first of six Perio Talks podcasts celebrating 50 years of the Journal of Clinical Periodontology (JCP), former editor-in-chief (1976-2004) Jan Lindhe speaks with Andreas Stravopoulos and Björn Klinge.
Categories: Clinical & Translational Research, JCP Digest, Article

Decision-making on using systemic antibiotics to treat periodontitis

06 September 2024

A retrospective analysis comparing the clinical effectiveness and the frequency of antibiotic usage between two different decision-making strategies in the management of periodontitis.
Categories: Clinical & Translational Research, JCP Digest, Article

Can we avoid surgery for peri-implantitis with systemic antibiotics?

22 August 2024

This retrospective cohort study assesses the prolonged impacts of systemically administered amoxicillin and metronidazole, alongside non-surgical sub-marginal instrumentation, and evaluates the requirement for additional surgical treatment during the...
Categories: Clinical & Translational Research, JCP Digest, Article

Short versus long implants: when does size matter?

30 July 2024

A systematic review/meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) to evaluate the survival rates (primary outcome), as well as marginal bone loss (MBL) and complications of short implants (≤6mm) compared to long implants (≥10mm) in specific...
Categories: Clinical & Translational Research, Article

Adjacent teeth have no impact on marginal bone levels around implants

30 July 2024

In the final of a series of articles by the four winners of the EFP Graduate Research Prize 2023, Lucienne Weigel (University of Bern, Switzerland) describes a retrospective study into marginal bone level changes around dental implants.