Dentaltown January 2020 - 62

Shades
of Gray
Periodontal disease classification
isn't as easy as black and white

by Dr. Rachel A. Schallhorn
Rachel A. Schallhorn,
DDS, MS, a thirdgeneration dental
practitioner, is a
diplomate of the
American Board
of Periodontology
and has been in
private practice
since 2009. Her
expertise encompasses such areas as diagnosis
and treatment of periodontal disease, bone
grafting procedures, dental implant placement,
and cosmetic and corrective periodontal
procedures. She earned her DDS from the
University of Michigan School of Dentistry
and her master's in biomedical science and
her periodontics specialty degree from the
University of Texas Health Science Center
in San Antonio. The author or co-author of
many articles about periodontics and implant
surgery, Schallhorn was honored with the R. Earl
Robinson Periodontal Regeneration Award from
the American Academy of Periodontology in
2017 for excellence in publication.

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In 2017, the American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) and the
European Federation of Periodontology (EFP) held the World Workshop
on the Classification of Periodontal and Peri-Implant Diseases and
Conditions. The goal was to develop an evidence-based update to account
for what the specialty had learned about periodontitis and implant-related
conditions since the existing periodontal disease classifications had been
published in 1999.
While the revised classification system is a significant advance for
the profession, determining the stage and grade of periodontal disease
is still not always a black-and-white situation. More often than not,
clinicians must still rely on experience and judgment when assessing a
"gray" situation for which the correct assessment is not immediately or
intuitively obvious. This article is intended to provide insight on how to
navigate some of the many shades of gray likely to be encountered when
classifying periodontal disease.


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