Dr Bicuspid (3/18, Barros) reports that Dr. Gustavo Avila-Ortiz, a former faculty member at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry and the University of Iowa College of Dentistry, and currently a visiting professor in the Harvard School of Dental Medicine Division of Periodontics, explained the new classification system for periodontal health and disease. The new system “delineates three types of periodontal health: health of an intact periodontium, health of a reduced periodontium in a non-periodontitis patient, and health of a reduced periodontium in a periodontitis patient.” With respect to disease, it “eschews the distinction between ‘chronic’ and ‘aggressive’ periodontitis, instead adopting a staging and grading system that considers disease severity, complexity, and risk factors.”
Link: https://www.drbicuspid.com/dental-specialties/periodontics/article/15739507/advancements-in-periodontal-and-periimplant-disease-classification