New evidence-based treatment guidelines for periodontitis

The S3-level clinical practice guideline (S3 CPG) has been published in the Journal of Clinical Periodontology and provides oral health care professionals with precise therapeutic pathways – based on the patient’s diagnosis – and recommendations on specific interventions to treat the different stages of periodontitis.

The guideline was drawn up at the EFP-led Perio Workshop 2019 in November last year, where 90 experts from 19 countries evaluated 15 systematic reviews on different forms of periodontal therapy.

It provides evidence-based recommendations for therapy in relation to the first three stages of periodontitis, according to the new classification of periodontal and peri-implant diseases and conditions. Recommendations for therapy in relation to periodontitis stage IV, the most advanced manifestation of the disease, will be drawn up at Perio Workshop 2021 in July next year.