European Federation of Periodontology-the first twenty-five years: periodontal health for a better life.

The European Federation of Periodontology (EFP), founded in 1991, has become one of Europe's foremost dental organisations and a global force in the field of Periodontology, including implant dentistry. This paper records the many, different achievements of the EFP in its short but selfless and highly successful contributions to the Federation.

The effect of diode laser (980 nm) treatment on aggressive periodontitis: evaluation of microbial and clinical parameters.

Objective: The aim was to compare the effect of scaling and root planing (SRP) alone, diode laser treatment (LAS) alone, and SRP combined with LAS (SRP + LAS) on clinical and microbial parameters in patients with aggressive periodontitis.

Materials And Methods: Thirty patients with aggressive periodontitis were assessed for plaque, bleeding on probing (BOP), probing pocket depth (PPD), and clinical attachment level (CAL). Four plaque samples were randomly obtained, one from each quadrant that was randomly assigned to SRP alone, SRP + LAS, LAS alone, and control (CRL).

Detection of gingival crevicular fluid cytokines in children and adolescents with and without fixed orthodontic appliances.

Objective: To study the expression of IL-1beta, IL-4, and IL-8 in the gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) of children, adolescents, and young adults with and without fixed orthodontic appliances.

Material And Methods: Eighty systemically healthy children and adolescents participated in the study: 56 aged between 8 and 16 years without any orthodontic appliance (Group A) and 24 aged between 10 and 20 years having worn fixed orthodontic appliances for at least 12 months (Group B). Clinical examination included presence or absence of plaque, probing depth, bleeding on probing, and gingival overgrowth.

Cytokine profile in gingival crevicular fluid of aggressive periodontitis: influence of smoking and stress.

Background: Cigarette smoking and stress are considered risk factors that have been associated with periodontal disease progression. Conflicting results have been reported concerning the direct influence of smoking on the subgingival microbiota of periodontitis patients. Cytokine production may also be influenced by smoking and stress leading to an imbalance that disturbs the host-parasite relationship.

Five-year maintenance follow-up of early-onset periodontitis patients.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical and microbiological status of patients with early-onset or aggressive periodontitis (EOP) who had received supportive periodontal care (SPC) every 3-6 months for a period of 5 years, following active periodontal treatment.

Material And Methods: The study population consisted of 25 individuals with early-onset periodontitis. Clinical examination and recordings of probing pocket depth (PPD) and clinical attachment level (CAL) were performed at baseline prior to treatment (T0), 3 months following the termination of active periodontal treatment (T1) and annually at the SPC appointments (T2,T3,T4,T5).

Herpesviral-bacterial interactions in aggressive periodontitis.

Background: Human cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr virus and herpesvirus co-infections occur with significantly higher frequency in actively progressing than in stable periodontitis sites of adolescents and young adults. Also, periodontal presence of cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr virus is associated with increased occurrence of subgingival Porphyromonas gingivalis, Bacteroides forsythus, Dialister pneumosintes, Prevotella intermedia, Prevotella nigrescens, Treponema denticola and Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans.

Aim: This article reviews the evidence linking herpesviruses to the development of aggressive periodontitis and suggests a potential mechanism for herpesviral acceleration of the periodontal disease process.

Effect of inflammation, smoking and stress on gingival crevicular fluid cytokine level.

Background: Recent studies have shown that cytokines are pivotal to the pathogenesis of periodontal diseases and may be used as markers in diagnosis.

Aim: The aim of the present study was to determine the levels of interleukin (IL)-1beta, IL-4, IL-6 and IL-8 in gingival crevicular fluid of periodontally healthy and diseased individuals and to study their association to smoking, stress and clinical periodontal parameters.

Material And Methods: A total of 80 patients were included in the study : 20 patients with early onset or aggressive periodontitis (EOP), 20 with chronic adult periodontitis (AP), 20 with gingivitis (G) and 20 patients with healthy periodontium (H).