Periodontal health and gingival diseases and conditions on an intact and a reduced periodontium: Consensus report of workgroup 1 of the 2017 World Workshop on the Classification of Periodontal and Peri-Implant Diseases and Conditions

A selection of abstracts of clinically relevant papers from other journals.

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Abstract

If there are more than or equal to 10% of sites with bleeding on probing, no probing attachment loss or radiographic bone loss and probing pocket depths of 3 mm and below, this is classified as dental-plaque-induced gingivitis.

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Chapple I L C et al. J Clin Periodontol 2018; 45 (Suppl 20): S68–S77

This is the first of the four consensus reports detailing the new classification. Periodontal health is defined by absence of clinically detectable inflammation. There is a biological level of immune surveillance that is consistent with clinical gingival health and homeostasis. Clinical gingival health may be found in a periodontium that is intact and on a reduced periodontium in either a non-periodontitis patient or in a patient with a history of periodontitis who is currently periodontally stable. Two categories of gingival diseases have been defined: non-dental plaque biofilm-induced gingival diseases and dental plaque-induced gingivitis. Dental plaque-induced gingivitis may arise on an intact periodontium or on a reduced periodontium in either a non-periodontitis or currently stable 'periodontitis patient'.