Periodontic Solutions

Featured Content

This Compendium eBook features a continuing education (CE) article on a periodontal risk score (PRS) tool that can be used in daily clinical practice. A scoping review article on the role of nutrition for patients undergoing periodontal surgery is also included in this eBook.

FEATURED CONTENT

CE:  Translating Clinical Outcomes to Patient Value Through Use of the Periodontal Risk Score: An Evidence-Based Treatment Approach
Robert A. Levine, DDS; Preston D. Miller, DDS; Debora R. Dias, DDS, MSc; Muhammad H.A. Saleh, BDS, MS, MSD; Dharmarajan Gopalakrishnan, BDS, MDS, PhD; Gustavo Fernandes, DDS, MSc, PhD; HimaBindu Dukka, BDS, MSD, MPH; Kellyann Ehrmann, RDH; Philip L. Fava II, DMD, MDSc; and Maurício G. Araújo, DDS, MSc, PhD
This article explains how the periodontal risk score (PRS) can be employed as a simple, evidence-based, motivational tool in both healthy patients and those with periodontally involved teeth. Among the most important objectives of the PRS are motivating patients to complete treatment and heightening patient awareness of the need to comply with periodontal maintenance.
Credits: 2 Self-Study CEU
Cost: $0
Provider: AEGIS Publications, LLC

The Role of Proper Nutrition for Patients Undergoing Periodontal Surgery: A Scoping Review
Nadine M. Tassabehji, PhD, RDN, LDN; Yu-Fang Lao, MS, RD; and Irina F. Dragan, DDS, DMD, MS, eMBA
In this scoping review, the authors reviewed the literature to identify and examine articles on nutrition intervention for postoperative recovery of patients receiving periodontal surgery, including articles that presented data on correlated patterns of dietary intake of specific foods and postsurgical periodontal healing. The findings of this study may assist dental practitioners in developing evidence-based treatment plans and including nutrition intervention as part of the discharge instructions for periodontal surgery patients.