Guest editorial: Clarifications on the use of the new classification of periodontitis

Mariano Sanz; Panos N Papapanou; Maurizio S Tonetti; Henry Greenwell; Ken Kornman

doi:10.1002/JPER.20-0166

Guest editorial: Clarifications on the use of the new classification of periodontitis

J Periodontol. 2020 Nov;91(11):1385. doi: 10.1002/JPER.20-0166. Epub 2020 Apr 28.

Authors

Mariano Sanz¹, Panos N Papapanou², Maurizio S Tonetti^{3

4}, Henry Greenwell⁵, Ken Kornman⁶

Affiliations

¹ ETEP Research Group, Faculty of Dentistry, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
² Division of Periodontics, Section of Oral, Diagnostic and Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Dental Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York.
³ European Research Group on Periodontology, Genova, Italy.
⁴ Division of Periodontology and Implant Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
⁵ Graduate Periodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky.
⁶ Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

PMID: 32246767
DOI: 10.1002/JPER.20-0166

Abstract

This editorial provides clarifications on the application of the Stage and Grade classification of periodontitis. In particular it describes: (1) how to apply the extent criterion to the defined Stage of the disease; and (2) how to calculate tooth loss because of periodontitis in Stage III and IV cases presenting with evidently hopeless (irrational to treat) teeth with a clinical definition of such teeth.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Humans
Periodontitis*
Tooth Loss*
Tooth*