American Academy of Periodontology Focuses on Understanding Inflammation
This entry was posted on 1/19/2008 5:19 PM and is filed under Research.
Over the past decade, research has focused on the role oral health plays in systemic health and specifically, how chronic inflammation may influence various oral diseases, including periodontal, or gum, disease. As leaders in the treatment of gum disease, the dental specialty of periodontology has started to reappraise the current knowledge of inflammation and chronic disease relative to the clinical management of patients with periodontal disease.
In an effort to expand and advance this knowledge, the American Academy of Periodontology (AAP), the organization committed to the science and research of periodontics, in conjunction with a grant from Colgate, is hosting their first ever workshop on inflammation, "Inflammation and Periodontal Diseases: A Reappraisal" to be held in Boston from January 28 through 30.
