This year's British Society of Periodontology (BSP) annual conference is based on the theme of ‘Performance!’ with a clear focus on inspiration, innovation and pushing the boundaries in periodontal treatment.

The event will be held at King's Place in London on 22 and 23 June and will start each day with keynote speakers Dr Dan Martin of UCL Extreme Everest and Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, 11 gold Paralympic medal winner. Each will bring practicality and experience to the subject of personal performance - and relate this to everyday life in practice improvement and development.

To explore the subject of performance in greater depth, the conference's four main sessions also focus on ways to improve practice.

‘Effecting behaviour change’ will be led by Professor Susan Michie and Robert West, world experts in behaviour change, supported by Dr Birgitta Jonsson. ‘Techniques for enhancing periodontal outcomes’ closes the Thursday programme - led by one of the world's leading clinicians, Dr Otto Zuhr from Munich. Professor Roger Kneebone, Imperial College, will showcase his fascinating research on how we can improve our own operative outcomes from understanding artistic performance.

Friday's first session will explore improving the performance of long-term outcomes - vital for periodontal health. Professor Ola Norderd from Sweden will present lessons from his team's long-term research studies. Professor Iain Chapple, from the University of Birmingham, will review new digital risk assessment tools to see what they offer in managing patients with periodontal disease. Digital medicine guru Dr Maneesh Juneja will explore the future of digital medicine.

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For more information visit bsperio.org.uk.