Perio-Diabetes Workshop brings scientific experts together to reach new consensus on links between diabetes and gum disease

Discussions focused around three key points:a) Evidence of pathogenic mechanisms that may link periodontitis and diabetes,based on a report authored by diabetologist David Polak and periodontist Lior Shapira,of the Hebrew University-Haddasah School of Dental Medicine in Jerusalem, Israel.b) Epidemiological observational evidence on the effect of periodontal disease ondiabetes, based on a systematic review and meta-analysis written by periodontistFilippo Graziani and diabetologists Stefano Gennai, Anna Solini and Morena Petrini ofthe University of Pisa, Italy.c) Evidence on the potential impact of periodontal therapy on diabetes outcomes,based on an update by Phoebus Madianos of theUniversity of Athens, Greece, who isalso chair of the EFP ’s scientific affairs committee.The Perio-Diabetes Workshop was co-chaired by Prof Mariano Sanz (EFP, Spain) andProf Antonio Ceriello (IDF, Italy). The other EFP participants were Prof Iain Chapple(United Kingdom, secretary general), Prof Juan Blanco (Spain, president), Prof FilippoGraziani, Prof S øren Jepsen (Germany), Prof Phoebus Madianos, and Prof LiorShapira. Prof Maurizio Tonetti (Italy), editor of theJournal of Clinical Periodontology,joined them via videoconference.The other experts from the IDF at the meeting were Dr Manu Mathur (India), Prof RyanDemmer (United States), Dr Eduard Montanya (Spain), Dr Luca Lione (Italy), Dr DanielVegh (Hungary), and Prof Martin Buysschaert (Belgium). Representatives of Sunstar ’sscientific and i...
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