Description:
This is a course originally presented at
the ADA 2020 Virtual Connect Conference.
Overview
Understanding how periodontal-systemic
science was incorporated into the new (2017) system for classifying
periodontitis is essential in implementing these new guidelines. This course
starts by providing a cut-to-the-chase overview of many periodontal-systemic links
including several new ones under investigation. It then explores how a number of
factors influence the rate of periodontal disease destruction, the future risk of further disease
activity and how treatment may impact overall health. Also discussed
is a new therapeutic target for patients with a reduced periodontium (after initial therapy) and
that is low disease activity and modifying factors.
Presenter: Casey Hein, president of Casey Hein & Associates,
LLC
Learning objectives:
• Explain the biological mechanisms implicated
in the inflammatory pathway linking periodontal disease to cardiovascular
disease, diabetes, pneumonia complications of pregnancy and other links under
investigation
• Identify patients who are inflammatory primed and determine
how this may influence their risk or progression of periodontal
deterioration
• Identify patients’ periodontal risk factors and implement
continuous risk assessment to assess periodontal
stability
