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Founded 1949 Registered Charity No. 265815 www.bsperio.org.uk
In this issue...
BSP Presidential
Address
Date for your diary
Spring Meeting
10-11 April 2014
Manchester
Spring Meeting
Sage Gateshead,
NewcastleGateshead
The EFP General
Assembly
Roadshow
Success
See page 12 for
more information...
Photo by David Tiernan
Contents
BSP Presidential Address ...................... 2
Spring Meeting 2013 .............................. 4
Dates for Your Diary ................................4
BSP Launches YSG................................ 5
Masterclass ............................................ 6
Perio Matters - Telling the World ............ 7
EUROPERIO 8 ........................................ 8
Joint EFP & AAP Workshop ..................10
Autumn Scientific Meeting ....................11
Spring Meeting April 2014 ....................12
Obituary ................................................13
Honorary Treasurer’s Report ................13
Membership, Prizes etc ........................14
Out and About in 2013 with the BSP.... 15
See page 8...
Henry Schein Dental is once
again proud to support the BSP
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BSP Presidential Address October 2013
The Science of Periodontology?
It is an absolute pleasure and a privilege to be able
to present this lecture today as the newly elected
president of the British Society of Periodontology.
“The Science of Periodontology?” Or perhaps, I could
rearrange the words and simply ask: “Is periodontology
truly a science?” This may at first appear an heretical
statement and particularly as our constitution states
clearly that the Society is to promote, for the benefit
of the public, the art and the science of dentistry and
in particular, the art and science of periodontology,
and in furtherance thereof to advance all aspects of
periodontology and to promote improvements in the
teaching of the same. I would not for one moment
contradict the suggestion that the practice of
periodontology is an art although to what extent our
discipline aligns to the Oxford English Dictionary’s
definition of science is perhaps more questionable:
‘The intellectual and practical activity encompassing
the systematic study of the structure and behaviour
of the physical and natural world through observation
and experiment’.
Undoubtedly, the actual discipline of
periodontology is built around a number
of well-defined sciences: for example,
anatomy, epidemiology, physiology,
pathology and microbiology. This does
not necessarily imply, however, that
periodontology is in itself a science.
To draw a parallel to the world of
aerospace engineering, the non-existent
‘rocket science’ is nothing other than a
colloquial term yet may be perceived to
be a collection of well-defined sciences
such as solid mechanics, fuel science,
avionics, physics, mechanical engineering
and electrical engineering. Collectively,
these and other similar sciences have
put a rocket into space but truly, as the saying goes, it’s not
rocket science! So perhaps before trying to answer my original
question we should look at the fundamental building blocks for
any science which are the laws, theories, principles, theorems
and hypotheses which contribute to the basic components of
any scientific subject.
Taking these in turn, a scientific law summarises a collection of
facts which are determined by experiment, in a precise, single
statement. These facts should be strongly supported by
evidence yet cannot always be explicitly proven. In general
terms, they might explain why a range of phenomena behave as
they do in nature. One of the best known is the frequently cited
law of physics, Sir Isaac Newton’s ‘Actioni contrariam semper et
æqualem esse reactionem’ or ‘To every action there is always
an equal and opposite reaction’.
The next level of evidence is contained in scientific theory which
is generally an idea that has been rigorously tested and is
accepted as an explanation for an observation. A theory is not
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necessarily correct but just not disproven, and it usually starts life
as a hypothesis. Indeed, theories are occasionally disproved.
For example, as peptic ulcers became more common in the 20th
century, it was theorised that they were linked to the stress of
modern life. In the 1980’s Australian clinical researcher Barry
Marshal discovered that the bacterium H. pylori caused peptic
ulcer disease and was nothing to do with stress. This led him to
win a Noble Prize in 2005. Albert Einstein’s work on relative and
specific relativity is one of the best known theories in theoretical
physics, noting that space and time are not absolutes and
that gravity is not simply a force applied to an object or mass.
Rather that gravity is associated with any mass and curves the
dimensions of space and time around it. These theories of relativity
transformed theoretical physics and astronomy during the early
part of the 20th century and to some extent superseded and
disproved the theories of mechanics proposed by Sir Isaac Newton.
Closely linked to theory is a scientific theorem which is more a
universal or general proposition or statement that may in itself
not be self-evident but be demonstrable by argument or by
reasoning. A theorem unlike a theory has
to be proven. The best example being
that of the Greek philosopher and
mathematician Pythagoras who identified
with respect to right angled triangles the
fact that 25 is the sum of 16+9!
Most laws, theories and even theorems
begin life as a scientific hypothesis which
is nothing other than an idea or an
educated guess that merits further
scientific evaluation. It may give rise to a
proposed explanation for an observation
but one that still requires rigorous
testing and which, in turn, may ultimately
be rejected. Democritus, for example,
around 400BC hypothesised that all
matter is made of small indivisible and
indestructible objects called atoms
which come in a variety of sizes and shapes and are combined
in different ways to form matter. In itself, an amazing hypothesis
that stood the test of time so Democritus can perhaps be
forgiven for the misplaced opinion that atoms are indivisible!
And so I would like to return to the question of periodontal
science and to explore briefly the extent to which our discipline
is aligned to scientific laws, theories and hypotheses.
An intensive search of the literature failed to reveal many
periodontal laws. Thielemann’s diagonal law of occlusal relationships
(Thielemann 1938) proposed that an occlusal interference such
as an erupted or tipped tooth restricts the functional gliding
movement of the mandible, and elongation of the anterior teeth
and often periodontal disease will develop in the anterior region
opposite to the interference. This law, not unsurprisingly, fails to
appear in any contemporary text books as we now clearly
recognise that periodontal inflammation and its consequences
cannot be elicited by an occlusal interference alone.
Ante’s law, which was proposed around the same time that
Albert Einstein was elucidating his theories of relativity, stated
that with respect to replacement of lost teeth by bridges, the
total periodontal membrane area of the abutment teeth must
equal or exceed that of the teeth to be replaced (Ante 1926).
A systematic review on survival rates and complications of fixed
dental prostheses placed on teeth with severely reduced
periodontal tissue support now largely refutes the original law
(Lulic et al. 2007). Further, the chapter on occlusion in the most
recent edition of Clinical Periodontology and Implant Dentistry
could not have been published were Ante’s Law to be true.
So, with respect to laws, not a good start. Nevertheless, we have
seen during the last three decades some exemplary examples of
theories and hypotheses which have stood the test of rigorous
examination. For example, in the early 1980’s Sture Nyman,
Jan Lindhe, Thorkil Karring and Harold Rylander published their
definitive paper examining new attachment in the surgical
treatment of human periodontal disease. They tested the hypothesis,
albeit on one tooth in one patient, that new connective tissue
attachment can be formed on a root surface that has previously
been exposed to a periodontal pocket of long-standing providing
cells from the periodontal ligament are enabled to repopulate the
root during healing. This clinical work on human teeth was
preceded by animal experiments and followed by many years of
clinical trials which today underpin contemporary periodontal
regenerative therapy. Interestingly, the initial educated guess that
gave rise to the hypothesis never actually developed in to a theory.
Conversely, we do often refer to Waerhaug’s theory of infrabony
pocket formation which was proposed in the late 1970’s
(Waerhaug, 1979) as a development of Irving Glickman’s theory
of the 1950’s. It is interesting how Waerhaug’s theory superseded
Glickman’s original concept which has become consigned to
history, yet was never entirely disproven.
Another example of how periodontal scientists develop
hypotheses and theories came with the work of Sig Socransky,
Anne Haffejee, Max Goodson and Jan Lindhe with their ‘New
Concepts of Destructive Periodontal Disease’, again published in
the 1980’s. This work was clearly explained by scientific evidence
and rejected the long-held belief that periodontal disease
progressed continuously with time but rather with phased and
multiple asynchronous bursts of tissue destruction. It is perhaps
a shame that this world-renowned group of periodontal scientists
referred to new ‘models’ and ‘concepts’ rather than new theories
of disease progression. Semantics perhaps, but it is important to
venture forwards using correct terminology for acceptance in the
scientific world.
And so I have just drawn on three clear examples that I believe
provide some evidence for periodontology being a true science.
There are other examples in the literature and hopefully there will
be many more in the future. Indeed, I have, with my friend and
colleague and President elect Iain Chapple, proposed the theory
of ‘Furcation Sparing’ in which we have proposed a mathematical,
Fourier series expansion to explain why furcation sites may
appear to be immune from more widespread periodontal
destruction elsewhere in the dentition. The work as yet has not
been published but I anticipate eagerly the prospect of a joint
Nobel Prize in Medicine once the theory has stood the test of
time in around 20-30 years!
Professor Peter Heasman
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BSP Needs You!
BSP Launches YSG
SPRING MEETING 2013
The BSP headed North this year for the
Spring Meeting and were warmly (and a
little damply) welcomed to Manchester
and the Hilton Hotel on Deansgate.
The two day meeting had a world class line up
of speakers coming from Europe and America
and made for a fantastic two days.
After lunch it was time for our second helping
of Prof Quirynen. This time he changed his
focus to oral malodour. He presented a wealth
of information relating to the aeitiology and
microbiology of oral malodour. The main focus
of his advice being that patients need to use
a tongue scraper to clean the surface of their
for the selective use of systemic antibiotics
in the treatment of Aggressive Periodontitis
and progressive, severe Chronic Periodontitis
before going to surgery. This proved the most
controversial talk of the day with a strongly
debated Q&A that nearly caused us to miss
our bus to the conference dinner!
The first day had a strong non-surgical
focus, as should all periodontal therapy,
with Prof. Marc Quirynen opening the
meeting talking about “Non-surgical therapy,
where are we now?”. Marc’s lecture was
delivered with humour, a focus on evidence,
funny videos and the occasional naughty
word! He discussed full mouth treatments
and his rationale and the science behind
them. He still preached a strong focus on
chemical plaque control and the use of
chlorhexidine in various forms, something
that was challenged quite strongly in the
post lecture questions.
Then followed a “parallel session” where
Francis Hughes talked about Risk Factors
while Ian Peace discussed delivering
Perio in practice with a focus on perception,
price and promises to the patients.
Prof Robinson presented his qualitative
research and about how patients feel about
periodontal treatments. Apparently patients
really value our treatments beyond the stuff
that excites us i.e. PPD, CAL, BOP!
birthday and as a Liverpool FC supporter,
he did not want to spend it at Old Trafford!
The second day had a surgical focus and we
had the pleasure of listening to Dr Pat Allen
from Dallas, Texas talk about mucogingival
defects and the treatment of them using
an allograft material. His presentation was
excellent and included great before and after
photos, surgical videos and reference to
the evidence.
The lunch break saw a new initiative from the
conference team with the Lunch for Learning
break-outs. This involved small groups
meeting for lunch to discuss topics from
Medico-Legal aspects of Perio through to
the imaginatively entitled Sex, Drugs and
Sausage Rolls!
tongues as this accounted for the majority of
the bad breath in the studies he showed.
The day closed with Prof Mombelli and his
presentation on Antimicrobials. He quite quickly
rubbished the use of local delivery systems
and moved his presentation on to the use of
systemic antibiotics. He made a strong case
The evening saw the BSP dance the night
away at Old Trafford, the home of Manchester
United Football Club. We started with a tour
of the ground before a drinks reception in the
very impressive Club Museum. Whilst this
proved a very popular venue for most, your
Editor was less than impressed as it was his
Finally we heard about the state of play in
periodontal regeneration. Obviously this topic
was delivered by an Italian, and Francisco
Cairo did not disappoint. He showed numerous
cases and studies using various biomaterials
and cases where the surgical technique was
so precise and wound stability was so good,
that bone fill could be seen radiographically
without the use of bio-materials.
It really was a great program and venue
and I congratulate Philip Greene and the
conference team on a great event.
The BSP launches its “Young Specialists
Group” (YSG) at the Autumn Scientific
Meeting at the Royal College of Surgeons
of England on Friday 25th October 2013.
“
We are entering
a vital period
in the history
of British Perio...
”
Prof Iain Chapple will introduce to interested
parties the rationale for establishing the group
and his own vision for the YSG in an inaugural
Prof Iain Chapple
meeting between 9:15am and 11:15am. He has
a very simple message for now “BE THERE IF
YOU WANT TO SHAPE THE FUTURE OF BRITISH PERIO AND IMPLANTOLOGY”.
All who consider themselves young (and youngish!) practitioners with an interest in perio
are strongly encouraged to be there to develop the YSG’s vision, aims and objectives and
modus operandi and more importantly, to secure their representation on key decision
making committee’s like BSP Council and the Conference Advisory Committee.
BSP Council share Iain’s view that our future lies with our young practitioners who are
specialists or have a special interest in perio in its broadest sense. “We are entering a vital
period in the history of British Perio - the Comprehensive Oral Health Assessment is here
to stay, and will place Perio at the very top of the UK’s oral health agenda; we are entering
into the era of Basic and Advanced Care Pathways where both Tier 2 and Tier 3
practitioners will be managing Perio and related problems within a specially commissioned
NHS service - these pathways will be integral to the new Managed Clinical Networks; the
prevalence and incidence of peri-implant diseases is increasing dramatically and perio
trained practitioners (both specialists and those with a special interest) are best positioned
(due to their formal training) to manage these conditions through non-surgical and surgical
protocols. These are huge opportunities, we need to prepare for these challenges and our
YSG is central to this exciting new era… they must have a voice and they must engage”.
The BSP has embarked on an ambitions modernisation agenda, involving the development
of a new vision and mission statement, our first strategic plan, new committee and meeting
structures and the future development of industry partnerships. Ultimately this will require
new Bye Laws, but with EUROPERIO 8 in London just 2 years away it is essential we plan
carefully and those plans will involve our YSG. The 1st meeting will set the scene with 2nd
and 3rd meetings arranged for Newcastle at the Sage, and finally Birmingham in
September 2014, where we hope to sign off a constitution for the YSG.
Dr Ian Dunn
The 3 meetings are generously supported by P&G, an indication of the importance we
and P&G place in our young practitioners. Please register and take ownership of your
future and the future of the BSP!
Dates for Your Diary 2014 Conferences
The Society will be holding two large conferences during 2014, the usual Spring
Meeting and an extended Autumn Meeting. This is because in 2015 the Society
will be hosting EUROPERIO 8 in London and will not be holding its own
conferences during that year.
Professor Peter Heasman and Professor Iain Chapple
have planned two excellent programmes and
have invited world-renowned speakers to
participate in their conferences. As you
will see from the flyers, members
are offered a large discount
off the Autumn Meeting fee if
both conferences are booked
at the same time (terms &
conditions apply, see website
for full details).
28th February - 1st March
The Dentistry Show, NEC Birmingham
The BSP will be hosting the
PerioLounge with a range of
speakers throughout the 2 days.
21st - 23rd September
Autumn Meeting,
Birmingham
2nd - 4th October
BDIA Dental Showcase,
ExCeL, London
10th - 11th April
Spring Meeting, Sage Gateshead,
NewcastleGateshead
June
Roadshows (various venues TBC)
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BSP at the Dentistry Show
October
Roadshows (various venues TBC)
21st - 22nd November
BSDHT Oral Health Conference
and Exhibition
This year saw the BSP team up with the
Dentistry Show at the NEC in what proved to
be a very successful collaboration. For the first
time at a show the BSP hosted a PerioLounge,
an area in the trade hall where we could deliver
CPD via a series of lectures delivered by a
number of our membership. Not knowing how
popular this would be and bearing in mind that
there were 5 main lectures running concurrently,
we had room for around 45 people to sit down. As you can see from the picture, the lectures
proved very popular, with every lecture at capacity and many were standing room only!
The feedback from the show was very positive and as always Helen was there to sign up
a number of new members.
This was a great opportunity to promote the BSP brand and message at the same time
as showcasing our talents. Due to the success, we have agreed to host the PerioLounge
again in the 2014 show and the organisers have promised to provide us with a larger venue.
Well done to all involved especially those who gave their time to speak in the lounge.
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MASTERCLASS
in Aesthetic Mucogingival Therapy
The BSP Masterclass in Aesthetic Mucogingival
Therapy was held at ICED, 123 Gray’s Inn Road
from 7th - 9th March. 12 delegates were privileged
to enjoy 3 days of superb teaching from Roberto
Rotundo and Francesco D’Aiuto, both having
worked at the Florence centre from which much of
the published material on this subject has emerged.
Each of the 3 mornings was dedicated to seminar
teaching and every afternoon to practicing the
techniques learnt on pigs heads, which made it a
very desirable course.
partial root coverage not justifying the expense or morbidity of
PERIO MATTERS -TELLING THE WORLD
The EFP General Assembly,
Jerusalem, March 2013
The elegant and ultramodern David Citadel Hotel
was the setting for the European Federation of
Periodontology Annual General Assembly in March.
This is the meeting at which all aspects of EFP
management are discussed by representatives
from all the member countries, now numbering 28.
President Professor Nairn Wilson and he is encountering some
The big issues this year were centred around the success of
be made in the next few years.
EUROPERIO 7 in Vienna, 2012, the campaign for the acceptance
The most exciting issue was the EFP’s Perio Awareness
of Periodontology as a specialty throughout Europe, and the
Campaign, currently being rolled out across Europe. This is
promotion of the EFP’s vision of Perio for a Better Life to
based on the joint EFP-AAP workshop on the Perio-Systemic
prepared grafts such as alloderm (cadaver,
the public and all healthcare professions in the build-up to
Connection, now published in the AAP Journal of Periodontology
message that the masterclass was entitled
Biohorizons) or mucograft (porcine, Geistlich)
EUROPERIO 8 in London, June 2015.
and the Journal of Clinical Perio. This is scheduled to build to
mucogingival therapy for a reason: that
were explored with the advantages and
obtaining tissue health and correction of
disadvantages.
the procedure. Complete root coverage with planning and correct
techniques is achievable.
On the second day, we covered many surgical procedures,
including indications and contraindications for the free gingival
graft with fraenectomy, the coronally advanced flap for single and
multiple recessions, the laterally positioned flap, pedicle flaps and
bilaminar techniques including connective tissue graft harvesting.
For multiple recessions where a large connective tissue graft
would be necessary with the attendant trauma of the second
surgical site, the options of commercially
Roberto opened the meeting with a clear
Around 300 members of the BSP and other UK delegates
enjoyed attending the EUROPERIO 7 meeting. Obviously now
traumatic brushing techniques were of
staunch opposition from diehard generalists in several countries,
including the Council of European Dentists. The UK is leading
the field here, having achieved specialty recognition fifteen
years ago. Representations are being made to the European
Council of Ministers and it is hoped that further progress can
a climax at EUROPERIO in 2015 with the hope that we can
generate huge interest in Periodontal Health among the news
media. We can all help this campaign now by supporting the
paramount importance. It was stressed that
On the final day, we learnt about management
the evidence base does not support the
of the edentulous crest and papilla deficiencies
use of mucogingival surgery for maintaining
with classification of both and surgical
health, data was provided to illustrate that
techniques. Francesco covered mucogingival
less compliant patients appeared to benefit
surgery around implants and encouraged soft
and I am sure that all BSP members will be eagerly anticipating
Your patients will hopefully start to ask you about this in the
from having had graft procedures.
tissue assessment as part of implant planning.
this major event.
coming months; you can find out more by going to Perio
our attentions are turning towards EUROPERIO 8, London
in 2015. At the General Assembly it was clear how many of the
delegates were already looking forward to the London meeting
He emphasised the need for atrumatic
Following a classification of mucogingival
extraction techniques to preserve tissue,
deformities and indications for therapy, the
which may require flap elevation to achieve.
importance of understanding the anatomy of
Compared with around teeth, there is reduced
both recipient and donor sites for graft
vascularity. A number of techniques were
procedures was emphasised. The innervation
and particularly the blood supply is key to
success and dictates flap design.
We were also introduced to Roberto’s as
yet unpublished method to evaluate the
aesthetics of the smile, using objective and
subjective assessments of the face, teeth and
periodontium. The published data of the 70’s
and 80’s described success as partial root
coverage but over the past 2 decades, better
“
The campaign for the acceptance of Perio as a speciality
throughout Europe is now being spearheaded by former GDC
Perio Health Awareness UK Facebook page, and following:
@healthygumsuk Twitter account.
Workshop page on the EFP website: www.efp.org
Dr Philip Greene
described, including the Palacci roll-through
From my
personal point
of view, it was
undoubtedly
the best CPD
since my MSc
”
of tissue from the palatal to the buccal
aesthetic zone.
In the afternoon sessions, we were fortunate,
thanks to the generosity of Swallow, Geistlich
and Biohorizons, to practice grafting with
alloderm and mucograft in addition to
harvesting connective tissue grafts and the
patience and humour of Roberto and Francesco
were much appreciated by the delegates.
understanding, microsurgical techniques and
There was a wide range of surgical experience
operator experience means that success can
between the delegates but all agreed it had
only be described as complete root coverage.
been an excellent course. From my personal
This is particularly valid when the procedure is
point of view, it was undoubtedly the best
carried out for hypersensitivity as it is the
CPD since my MSc. I would urge BSP to run
10% of patients with a lack of cementum at
this course again.
the start of the root who require this portion of
the root to be covered for relief of symptoms,
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“
The countdown has begun...
Only 20 months to go, and preparations for EUROPERIO 8 at London ExCeL
are well underway on a variety of fronts - it’s never a dull moment!
Having looked carefully at the outcomes of EP7 in Vienna we have agreed to retain many of the very
successful elements of the program there. These include the basic layout of scientific sessions,
research and poster sessions, elements of the social activities, the EFP Village for national
societies. In addition we have set ourselves a number of new tasks to try to ensure that EP8
is even more successful than Vienna and is the best EUROPERIO yet!
New ambitions include:
• Media and PR - taking advantage of the run up to EP8 to promote the topic of
Periodontology amongst the profession, amongst other health professionals and
amongst the general public.
• Public and Patient Involvement - the one group whose voice has been missing from
previous meetings has been that of the patient. We believe patient advocacy is
potentially of great importance for Periodontology, and it is essential that we hear the
views of our patients. We plan to run an open session (currently being organised by
Prof Ian Needleman and Prof Philip Preshaw) for patients and professionals to discuss
the implications of being a patient with Periodontal Disease.
• An inclusive conference party. Running inclusive social events is a massive challenge for
a meeting as big as EUROPERIO, where we hope to have around 8000 delegates.
We have ambitious plans to hold a party at a large venue at a reasonable cost so that as
many delegates as wish can get together and party for an evening!
We have set ourselves a number of new tasks to
try to ensure that EP8 is even more successful
than Vienna and is the best EUROPERIO yet!
”
...with only 20 months to go!
Public Relations and Publicity
Whilst we hope and expect that every single member of the BSP will want to attend EUROPERIO 8, we also want
to cast our nets much wider to attract many other General Dentists, specialists and DCPs from throughout the UK.
We have agreed a partnership with the British Society of Dental Hygienists and Therapists and through this
expect to attract a large number of hygienists to EUROPERIO. I hope that all members of the BSP will do
all they can to recruit their friends and colleagues to attend what will be the largest meeting on
Periodontology and Implant Dentistry ever to be held in Europe. To get the message out we intend to
intensify our popular BSP Roadshow talks throughout the country during autumn 2014 to 2015.
Our ambition to improve the profile of Periodontology on the back of the run up to EP8 has coincided
perfectly with the launch of the EFP’s campaign - Perio for a Better Life. Many of you will have seen
the material particularly on the EFP website regarding Perio-systemic links and the EFP have
recruited a PR team to work on this project throughout Europe. Within the UK we have engaged our
own PR adviser, Andrea Williams from Fluent PR, to work on this campaign getting our stories out
to the profession, other health professionals and the general public. Andrea has set up Social Media
accounts so do join us on Facebook and Twitter.
What Happens Next?
For the committee there is lots more to do, but for you readers,
please make sure you save the dates in your diary!
Professor Francis Hughes
Chair, EUROPERIO 8
Scientific Programme
A fairly advanced draft of the proposed scientific programme now exists and needs some minor further
working on prior to rolling it out for the world to see. As ever we plan to invite the best, most influential and
inspirational speakers from around Europe and from further afield. Sessions will consist of an active Chair, who will
give an overview of the topic, followed by 2 main speakers and then discussion. Main themes of the Sessions which will
run in parallel throughout the meeting include Master Clinician Forums, clinically orientated Sessions for Specialists, Advances in
Scientific Knowledge sessions and Periodontology in Dental Practice. Research sessions and poster presentation sessions will also
run through the meeting and we hope to attract many abstract submissions from delegates for these sessions. In addition we are
planning some eye-catching Keynote lectures and a special session to mark 25 years of the EFP as a closing session.
As I hope can be seen we think there is much that will be of interest for all delegates. Thus as well as specialists clinical sessions
there will be more academic and scientific themes and major sessions throughout the meeting intended specifically for Dental
Hygienists and General Dental Practitioners.
London ExCeL, June 3rd - 6th 2015
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London ExCeL and DLR station
London ExCeL (bottom right) and London skyline
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Landmark Joint EFP & AAP Workshop
AUTUMN SCIENTIFIC MEETING
Perio & Systemic Diseases Segovia
November 2012
The Root of the Problem!
Philip Preshaw and John Taylor (Newcastle), Francesco D’Aiuto
(UCL) and Thomas Dietrich, Praveen Sharma and Paul Weston
(Birmingham) and Francis Hughes also participated, which alongside
Iain Chapple as chairman gave the BSP a very strong representation.
Expert systematic reviews were prepared on:
Introductory papers:
Perio-systemic interactions: a review of the evidence
Infectious & Inflammatory Mechanisms
Group 1: Periodontitis and cardiovascular disease Chairmen Maurizio Tonetti (Europe)
& Thomas Van Dyke (USA) - 4 papers and a consensus report;
Group 2: Perodontitis and Diabetes Chairmen Iain Chapple (Europe) & Robert Genco (USA) 3 papers and a consensus
Group 3: Periodontitis and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes Chairmen Mariano Sanz (Europe) & Kenneth Kornman (USA).
A landmark workshop was held between the
5th-8th November 2012 at The Parador Nacional
de La Granja (Segovia - Spain) in which the
EFP and AAP joined forces in order to develop
consensus reports on the relationship between
periodontal diseases and systemic diseases.
The former “Ittigen” workshops of the European Academy of
Periodontology (EAP) established by Prof Klaus Lang were held
every 3 years and there were 6 workshops. In 2008 they became
the EFP workshops in under the leadership of Prof Mariano Sanz
and physically transferred from Ittigen to the stunning Parador in La
Granja for the 6th workshop in 2008. Since then the workshops,
which involve leading experts in periodontology, implant dentistry
and associated biological sciences, have been held annually. In 2009
the first EFP workshop on periodontal education was held jointly
with the Association for Dental Education in Europe (ADEE) and
was published as a supplement to the European Journal of
Dental Education under the guest editorship of Prof Iain Chapple, one
of the organisers in 2010
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/eje.2010.14.issue-s1/issuetoc
In 2010 (7th-10th November) the 7th EFP workshop addressed
The Biology of Periodontal and Peri-implant Diseases http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jcpe.2011.38.issue-s11/issuetoc
and in 2011 the 8th EFP workshop (5th–8th November) theme was
Research Methodology in Implant Dentistry http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jcpe.2012.39.issue-s12/issuetoc
All supplements of these globally influential workshops are freely
available in the Journal of Clinical Periodontology, accessible via
the BSP website.
The impact of the workshop has been incredible, with front page
splashes on the equivalent of the Times newspaper in Spain, Italy,
Germany and many other countries; a request just last week
to reproduce the entire volume in Japanese by the Japanese
Association of Periodontology, interviews on Bloomberg and many
more media outputs. The latter has been thanks to the EFP media
team led by Javier Garcia of SEPA, alongside Peter Wix and Marianne
Steinbeck and the media campaign is designed to continue right up
to EUROPERIO 8 in London 2015.
A substantial set of resources are available for specialists, general
practitioners and the public / patients via a bespoke website
http://perioworkshop.efp.org/
The EFP has developed a
“Manifesto”, there are online
documentaries and videos,
images and narrative scripts in
different languages and the
Complutense University of
Madrid even held a very
successful summer school in
July 2013 with top Spanish
experts in Cardiology and
Diabetes as well as Perio
speaking on the importance of
periodontal health to general
health and wellbeing. The EFP’s
new vision is simply encompassed as “PERIO FOR A BETTER LIFE”
to encompass the systemic benefits of periodontal health alongside
our primary interest as Dentists and Allied Oral Health Professionals
of periodontal health for tooth retention and more generally for
oral health.
The papers and consensus reports are available at:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jcpe.2013.40.issue-s14/issuetoc
or by scanning this QR code:
The 2012 joint EFP/AAP Workshop included 6 chairmen (3 from
Europe and 3 from North America), 24 reviewers, 45 additional
participants, 4 AAP representatives and 3 EFP representatives.
The reviewers included Gerry Linden (Belfast), Mark Ide (KCL),
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Professor Iain Chapple
Outgoing president Philip Greene
reflected on how much he enjoyed his
tenure as President and the privilege
associated with it. However, he said
there was still much to do and urged
members to utilise social networking
to engage the public (and dental
profession) to increase awareness of
periodontology, and to take advantage
of London hosting EUROPERIO 8. I’m sure
everyone would agree and would like
to congratulate Philip on a very successful
year in serving the BSP so well!
After a lunch inspecting the Clinical and
Research poster presentations, Dr Roberto
Rotundo (Florence, Italy) discussed the perception
of buccal gingival recession defects from
patients’ perspectives. He highlighted the
dearth of data in this field stating that
currently his study was the sole publication
and thus the presentation focussed on his
findings. He described age and gender
differences of perceptions but overall few
patients actually requested treatment for
them specifically. His thought-provoking
conclusion advised treading carefully where
correction for asymptomatic recessions is
not originally sought by the patient.
Nicola West thanked incoming President
Peter Heasman for his dedication in his past
role as Treasurer and for his considerable
efforts in giving the society such a solid
financial platform to grow from. She
proceeded to joke he could not have done
the job so well were it not for Doreen
and Martha - his beloved farmyard animals.
Our new President then proceeded to
deliver his President’s Address “The Science
of Periodontology” which is covered by the
Editorial in the Newsletter.
Finally, our very own Honorary Secretary, Prof
Nicola West (Bristol) provided new insights
into diagnosing and managing sensitive root
dentine. She gave an overview of the treatment
options and promising new toothpastes
focussed on blocking the dentinal tubules.
She even finds some prophy pastes to actually
be clinical beneficial! Albeit when applied
before treatment to ease sensitivity. She also
highlighted the importance of the frequent
acidic drinks in worsening sensitivity which
was briefly dwelled upon whilst wine was
quaffed in the bar afterwards.
Following the Address, two parallel sessions
were held. In one session the Sir Wilfred Fish
Research Prize presentations and Clinical
Fellowship Award presentations were held.
The Research Prize presentations comprised
a diverse trio of studies. Dr Pedro Gaspar
Goncalves from Birmingham Dental School
presented his study entitled “Periodontal
Status of Medieval Population From the
United Kingdom”, Dr Martin Ling, also from
Birmingham, delivered his presentation, the
snappily-titled “Chemotactic accuracy of
peripheral blood neutrophils in chronic
periodontitis using a novel direct visualisation
chemotaxis chamber”. Keeping up with the
theme of catchy titles, Dr Aastha Sobhi
of Chandigarh Dental Institute in India
presented “Genotypic Analysis of Cytokine
and Toll like receptor genes in Periodontitis
patients of North Indian population”.
Dr Martin Ling was later announced as the
well-deserved winner. Many congratulations
Martin! Two Clinical Fellowship Award
presentations were also made. Dr Eugene
Gamble (Barts & The London School of Medicine
and Dentistry) described his experience of
attending a master course in guided bone
regeneration and sinus grafting procedures,
whereas Dr Mital Patel (Leeds Dental
Institute) recounted his funded elective trip.
In the other parallel session, the inaugural
meeting of the BSP Young Specialists’
Group took place, generously sponsored by
Proctor & Gamble. Chaired by Professor Iain
Chapple, his vision for the future of the
group was outlined. He passionately argued
that young specialists are key to the future
of the Society, and can help to modernise,
innovate and inject vitality.
All in all, another very enjoyable BSP meeting!
A lively discussion followed amongst the
attendees regarding basic matters such as
deciding an appropriate name for the group
and even what constitutes being “Young”!
Plans have been made to progress development
of the group so it will form an integral part of
the BSP in the future. Watch this space!
Entitled “The Root of the Problem!”, our new
President (never one to miss out on a pun!)
compiled a scientific programme focussing
upon clinical issues associated with gingival
recession. Chaired by Professor Francis Hughes,
four presentations of the highest quality were
delivered by renowned European speakers.
Prof Anton Sculean (Berne, Switzerland)
presented first describing the indications,
treatment goals and factors affecting outcomes
in surgical management of gingival recession
defects. Positive evidence for the use of
biologic agents to enhance root coverage
was presented, along with a very slick video
of him doing the delicate Modified Coronally
Advanced Tunnel surgical technique with
great skill, accompanied by members of the
audience turning green with envy.
Based on a review of current evidence and
his wealth of clinical experience, Dr Tiernan
O’Brien (Galway, Ireland) discussed techniques
to obtain optimal implant aesthetics in the
gingival margin area. He highlighted the
importance of correct case selection when
deciding which treatment option to use, ranging
from immediate implant placement to
“prosthodontic manipulation of the gingival
margin”. The latter, in other words, meaning
lots of nice pink porcelain!
Dr Mandeep Ghuman
PRACTITIONERS’ SECTION
After being inspired seeing Dr Pat Allen’s
presentations at the 2013 BSP Spring Meeting
in Manchester, Dr Paul Baker presented his
reflections on using the tunnelling technique
over the past 6 months for treatment of gingival
recession defects. Indications, treatment options
and techniques for management of gingival
recession were presented. Case selection
and surgical approach were discussed in
detail utilising examples of patients he
had treated. He was also trusting enough to
pass his specialist surgical instruments
around for the audience to inspect!
Dr Rajiv Patel followed on, discussing
harvesting palatal connective grafts for
gingival augmentation procedures. He also
reflected on his recent use of acellular
human donor collagen matrix, Allodem.
He concluded that connective tissue grafts
produce excellent outcomes but Alloderm
may be a useful alternative where sufficient
native tissue is difficult to harvest. Both Dr
Baker and Dr Patel started an interesting
discussion regarding the threshold for treatment
of recession defects and peri-implant defect
correction prompting Practitioners’ Section
chairman Nik Pandya, and BSP President
Philip Greene to present cases of their own,
the latter with the aid of his trusty iPad!
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Obituary
Dr Anne Haffajee
Personal Memories of an
English Rose and a Wonderful Lady
It is with great sadness that I write this short
personal memory of yet another great clinical
scientist lost to the global periodontal community. Anne Haffajee
passed away peacefully on Friday the 16th August in Boston,
following a long battle with cancer; she was only 65 years old.
It is almost 2 years exactly, give or take 11 days since we lost
Sig Socransky, Anne’s great colleague and mentor.
Anne was a true Brit, born in Colchester in 1947; she studied at
University College Hospital London, graduating in Dentistry in 1970.
Anne’s husband Charles is an exceptional Cardiologist and Anne
moved to Boston with Charles in 1976, where she joined the Forsyth
Institute and worked for decades with Sig, changing the face of
periodontal microbiology and making a truly distinguished contribution
to clinical periodontology. Anne’s work was justly recognised by the
award of “Distinguished Scientist” of the IADR.
Anne had a sharp intellect, a great sense of fun and above all she
enjoyed life, managing to achieve all she did, whilst at the same time
bringing up a family and maintaining a work-life balance. I met Anne
in 1992, during my first visit to the Forsyth Institute, which at the time
was on the Fenway in Boston. It was very clear during our discussions
in the lab that Anne remained at heart very British, whilst appreciating
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Keynote Speaker: Dr Tieraona Low-Dog (USA)
Dr Pierpaolo Cortellini (Italy)
Professor Thomas Dietrich (Birmingham, UK)
Dr Thomas VanDyke (Boston, USA)
Professor Manfred Lamprecht (Austria)
Professor Janet Lord (Birmingham, UK)
Professor Stefan Renvert (Sweden)
Dr Mariano Sanz (Spain)
Professor Frank Schwarz (Germany)
Professor Anton Sculean (Switzerland)
Dr Anthony Summerwill (UK)
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Report of the Honorary Treasurer of the BSP
and enjoying her chosen career and life in the USA. We laughed about
the dreadfully narrow English country lanes that she hated driving
through now, after so many years of US highways and freeways and
we discussed skiing in North America. Anne was an expert skier and
enjoyed the double black runs of Europe and the most challenging
black runs of North America.
Two of my fondest memories of Anne are very different ones. The first
was in 1995, when the Forsyth team were preparing abstracts for the
AADR, and of course being British, I had quietly helped some of the
team with their abstracts, prior to Anne and Sig’s scrutiny. Anne came
into the lab one morning and summoned me over, to announce with a
wry smile on her face, that I’d been rumbled, because I had spelled
several words in “English English” rather than “American English”; she
was the only one in the lab capable of solving that mystery. The second
was dinner at the IADR in Singapore 1995, when Anne joined me and my
colleagues from Birmingham UK and completely outclassed the male
contingent with her knowledge of English football, and her ability to
drink beer and remain elegantly sober until the evening ended.
However, besides being a very patient, wise and caring person, who
mentored many young scientists from all over the globe, especially
South America, Anne will always be remembered for her glittering
career in clinical science. She leaves behind her two daughters
and husband who meant the world to her, and she leaves the
world of periodontal research and care a poorer place for her passing.
Quite simply, Anne was a brilliant and a lovely person.
Thank you Anne for the science, and for just being you.
Iain Chapple
2012 Accounts presented at the Annual General Meeting held on 25th October 2013
Professor Heasman opened his 9th and final report to the membership
by confirming that the accounting period was for the financial year 1st
January to 31st December 2012 and that the accounts had been prepared
in accordance with applicable Accounting Standards and the Statement
of Recommended Practice - Accounting and Reporting by Charities (2005).
The accounts for 2012 showed that the Society was in a financially
secure position with annual income of £213,892 and total expenditure
of £186,293 leaving a comfortable surplus of £27,559. Income from
subscriptions had increased from £104,584 in 2011 to £110,066 and
the observed deficit of running costs of the Society (subscriptions
minus total expenditure) continued to reduce on a year-by-year basis.
Once again, the Spring Meeting had been highly successful with a
surplus of around £35,000 which offset the deficit of the running costs
to leave the aforementioned surplus.
The Treasurer reported that from 2014, the EFP will pass on VAT at
22%. This will amount to around £7,000 which the Society will need to
‘absorb’. After consulting with Naylor Wintersgill, we were advised not
to register for VAT in the UK. The Reserves’ Policy has been updated
and approved by Council.
As at 31 December 2012 the Society had total unrestricted free
reserves of £256,000 comprising a free reserve balance of £120,000
and a Contingency Fund of £135,000.
The Treasurer recommended:
• That the Society does not register with HMRC for VAT status;
• Increasing the membership subscriptions by £5.00 for all categories
of membership apart from undergraduates in 2014;
• That the Society retains the excellent services of Naylor Wintersgill
as independent examiners of the Society’s accounts.
Finally, Professor Heasman offered his sincere gratitude to Mrs Helen
Cobley and Mrs Ghilaine Ower for their help over the last 9 years:
developing the accounting system and for maintaining immaculate
records of the Society’s day-to-day and meetings’ transactions which
now facilitate an almost instantaneous turnaround of the accounts after
the end of the financial year. Professor Heasman also extended his
best wishes to Dr Milward who will succeed him as Treasurer from 2013.
There was one question from the floor: Dr Mark Ide enquired whether
VAT payments would be made to the EFP or to HMRC and Professor
Heasman confirmed that they would be made to the UK Tax Office.
The AGM voted to accept the Treasurer’s Report.
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Membership Statistics
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from our friends at Cantweb. If anyone has any suggestions on
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Associate Retired 13
Dental Hygienist/Dental Therapist 128
First Four Years 32
Undergraduate 6
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Submissions should be sent to
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The total membership has increased since last year, with at present 915 members, up from
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… It’s Goodbye from:
Peter Heasman steps down as Honorary
Treasurer after nine long years of service. He has
steered the Society through some of its more
difficult years and his wise counsel and calmness
has been noted and appreciated by all! Professor Nicola West
proposed a vote of thanks at the AGM to Peter for the magnificent
job he had done and in particular noted the appreciation and thanks
of the Society’s Administrative Manager Helen, and Conference
Manager, Ghilaine, for the support he had given them during his
time in office. He was presented with an engraved paperweight
by Nicola on behalf of the Society. In stepping down from his
position as Honorary Treasurer he was not able to enjoy retirement
for very long as he was elected President for 2013 - 2014 and
inducted at the same meeting!
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Awards and Prizes 2013
The Frank Ashley Undergraduate Prize was shared this year between David Treagus (Glasgow) and
WanXin Luan (London). Both were present at the AGM and received their certificates from President
Dr Philip Greene. David’s entry was entitled “Investigation of the Molecular Basis for the Links between
Diabetes and Periodontal Disease” and WanXin’s was “Obesity and Periodontitis: A Dental Elective
Study “Across the Pond” - Postgraduate education comparisons in the U.S.A and the U.K.
Two Fellowship Awards were also awarded this year. Eugene Gamble (London) who visited Professor
Buser’s Department in Berne, Switzerland for a Master Course in GBR and Sinus Grafting Procedures
and Mital Patel, (Leeds) visiting Geneva, Switzerland to improve his knowledge on dental implants.
Delegates were able to hear both winners present their findings later in the meeting. Both winners were
presented with certificates by the President.
The Research Grant was awarded to Richard Holliday (Newcastle) who is looking at “The structure
and function of extracellular DNA in subgingival dental plaque”. He also received his certificate from
Dr Greene.
Anna Maxwell (Aberdeen) was awarded the Audit Award, for her submission entitled, “Smoking and
Periodontal Disease”. She was not present at the meeting.
Unfortunately the Society felt unable to award the Sir Wilfred Fish Research Prize in 2012.
The entry criteria and deadlines for all the prizes and awards are available on the BSP website.
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Goodbyes and Hellos
Out and About
in 2013 with the BSP
February
• Roadshow at UCLan: “What Now? Management of the
Non-responsive Periodontal Patient”
with Dr Philip Greene and Dr Ian Dunn,
Dentistry Show (see page 5)
March
• Masterclass - “Aesthetic Mucogingivel Therapy”,
EDH London (full report see page 6)
April
• Spring Meeting in Manchester (full report above)
• BDA Conference in London
September
• Roadshow in Inverness: “Getting To Grips With Referrals”
with Dr Sarah Manton and Dr Gareth Brock
• Roadshows in Glasgow and Canterbury: “Periodontology - is it
all Mechanical Cleaning?” with Dr Shauna Culshaw and Dr Marilou
Ciantar, and Dr Nik Pandya and Dr Monica Lee respectively
October
• Roadshows in Portsmouth and Leeds “Periodontology - is it all
Mechanical Cleaning?” With Dr Philip Ower and Dr Mary Gibson,
and Prof Val Clerehugh and Dr Margaret Kellett respectively
• BDTA Dental Showcase in Birmingham
• Autumn Scientific Meeting, Royal College of Surgeons, London
November
• Roadshows in Bournemouth and Cheltenham “Periodontology is it all Mechanical Cleaning?” with Dr Philip Ower and
Dr Mary Gibson, and Dr Will McLaughlin, Dr Liam Addy and
Dr Matthew Locke respectively
• BSDHT conference and Exhibition, Birmingham
Caption Competition
Last years’ caption competition
was won by an anonymous entry...
“Gareth, I think you may
have dropped your pint!”
This years’ caption competition comes from The Honorary Editor.
Emailed submissions should be sent to Ian Dunn
([email protected]) and his decision is final!
Roadshow Success!
The Roadshows have been very successful this year with over 240
people attending, not including the many students who have enjoyed
the benefit of the lectures. The feedback has been very encouraging.
A new programme of similar events are being planned for 2014
in a range of venues spanning the UK. Watch the website for
full details! Masterclasses have also been very successful and
over-subscribed. Although there are no details at the time of
writing, it is intended to run further courses in the near future.
The BSP’s Attendance at the BDA, BDTA and BSDHT conferences
has proved to be fertile recruiting grounds for the Society and there
have been some very interesting networking opportunities created
at these events! As evidenced by the number of people visiting the
stand on these occasions, it is fair to say that Periodontology is
becoming highly relevant to practitioners who appear to be very
receptive to all the educational initiatives offered by the Society.
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The BSP Community
Council Members
Contact Details
President
Professor Peter Heasman
President Elect
Professor Iain Chapple
Senior Vice-President
Dr Peter Floyd
Immediate Past President
Dr Philip Greene
Honorary Secretary
Professor Nicola West
Honorary Treasurer
Dr Mike Milward
Commercial Liaison Officer
Dr Shekha Bhuva
Honorary Editor
Dr Ian Dunn
Council Member
Dr Rosalind O’Leary
Council Member
Professor Jeremy Rees
Council Member
Dr Joon Seong
Council Member
Dr Paul Baker
Dent Pract: Chairman
Dr Nikunj Pandya
Teachers’ Forum - Chairman
Dr Aradhna Tugnait
Reps: EFP
Professor Gareth Griffiths
Reps: Educational Initiative
Dr Kalpesh Patel
Reps: Specialist Registrars
Dr Rajan Nansi
Administrative Manager
Helen Cobley,
British Society of Periodontology,
PO BOX 228,
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SELBY
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Email: [email protected]
This newsletter was prepared by the Honorary Editor
Dr Ian Dunn,
Rose Lane Dental Practice,
Rose Lane,
Mossley Hill,
LIVERPOOL,
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Merseyside,
to Philip Ower and
L18 8AG
Anthony Roberts for their
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