ITALIANOSIdP Projects
In the recent years SIDP developed education projects on single topics, based on conferences and/or courses with the same contents in terms of text and images, delivered in several editions throughout Italy and sharing the followings topics: Diagnosis, Implants, therapy, video education, Periomedicine, Life style.
SIdP, always follows its mission, and in order to give a contribution to the quality and safety of the therapies for italian people, created for the years 2014-2015 a Project of communication and information to the Italian Dentists with the topic: Quality and Safety in Periodontal and Implant Surgery. The project will give to the dentist a model on how to organize the dental office, so to give the patients a minimal standard of safety and quality in periodontal and implant surgery. The model is summarized into a check-list that codifies the procedures for planning, preparing, doing and managing in the post-op such procedures.
SIdP has planned several projects for 2024 in collaboration with prominent medical scientific societies. These initiatives aim to foster interdisciplinary cooperation and advance knowledge in the field of periodontology. By joining forces with various medical organizations, SIdP seeks to address broader health issues and integrate periodontal care into the larger healthcare landscape.
These collaborations underline the SIdP's commitment to advancing periodontal care through interdisciplinary approaches, ensuring that oral health is recognized as a critical component of overall medical care.
PERIODONTITIS AND METABOLIC SYNDROME
In recent years, the bidirectional association between metabolic syndrome (MS) and periodontitis has been supported by growing scientific evidence showing how each condition can exacerbate the other, contributing to additional complications for general health. MS represents a cluster of risk factors for cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes, including hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, dyslipidemia, high glucose levels, and central obesity. It is estimated that about one-third of the adult population in Western countries suffers from it and in patients with MS, the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes increases by two and five times, respectively, due to critical pro-inflammatory and pro-thrombotic conditions. Periodontitis is a complex disease characterized by the progressive destruction of the supporting tissues of the teeth, affecting about half of the Italian adult population. The high prevalence and the proven association of both diseases with chronic conditions such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases make periodontitis and MS a significant public health problem.
To address this complex interaction, SIdP established a commission in collaboration with the Italian Society of Internal Medicine (SIMI) to examine the available scientific evidence regarding the potential effects of periodontitis treatment on metabolic health. This project, called "Periodontitis and Metabolic Syndrome," is part of a series of similar initiatives in which the Italian Society of Periodontology has been actively engaged to explore the relationships between periodontitis and numerous general health issues, including hypertension and cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and pregnancy complications.
The "Periodontitis and Metabolic Syndrome" project has been planned with the aim of deepening health care professionals' knowledge of the importance of controlling gingival inflammation for managing cardio-metabolic risks and, consequently, promoting a multidisciplinary approach to managing patients with MS and periodontitis. Finally, SIdP and SIMI aim at educating the general population on the importance of preventing gum diseases and their impact on systemic health and defining shared diagnostic parameters and prevention standards to improve the care of periodontal and systemic health."
RECOMMENDATIONS METABOLIC SYNDROME – GUM DISEASE
PERIODONTITIS AND ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
Arterial hypertension (AH) and periodontitis are among the most widespread chronic diseases worldwide, significantly impacting people's health and well-being. AH is the risk factor that most contributes to the development of cardiovascular diseases, which remain the leading cause of death worldwide and affect about 1 out of 3 Italians, half of them unaware of their condition. Similarly, periodontitis, a non-communicable chronic disease affecting the supporting tissues of the teeth, affects up to 50% of the global population, with about 3 million Italians suffering from its most severe forms, which carry an imminent risk of tooth loss.
Recently, the World Heart Federation (WHF) and the European Federation of Periodontology (EFP) highlighted the existing relationships between cardiovascular and periodontal diseases, emphasizing the need to promote strategies aimed at controlling gingival inflammation in the management of patients with cardiovascular conditions. In 2021, the Italian Society of Hypertension (SIIA) and the Italian Society of Periodontology and Implantology (SIdP) launched an inter-society project specifically focused on the relationship between AH and periodontitis, summarizing the existing scientific evidence to disseminate, both among health care professionals and the public, the importance of preventing and treating both conditions
RECOMMENDATIONS MANAGING PATIENTS WITH ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION AND PERIODONTITIS
PERIO-MEDICINE WOMAN and PERIO&PREGNANCY
"Growing scientific evidence over the last 10-15 years has been linking gum diseases to women's pathophysiology. Premature births, low weight birth, and gestational complications have been associated with untreated or uncontrolled periodontitis. The global incidence of premature births is around 9.6%, with premature birth rates significantly increasing despite the significant development of prenatal care techniques. In Italy, in 2019, 7% of all births were preterm, contributing to about 50% of all perinatal deaths. Premature infants present a challenge from a medical standpoint and a strain from a socio-medical perspective due to the complications associated with this condition.
In its efforts to promote the prevention and treatment of periodontitis, SIdP has felt the need to go into these aspects by establishing a special Commission to explore all periodontal aspects in women's health.
The project, named SIdP DONNA (WOMAN), primarily aims at studying in depth the knowledge and skills of professional categories (dentists, periodontologists, dental hygienists, gynecologists) on one hand, and on the other hand, to help future mothers become aware of the importance of preventing gum diseases and controlling local and systemic inflammation before pregnancy.
Secondly, the project aims at determining ifand how the state of periodontal inflammation can act as a trigger for acute alterations in women's health, capable of destabilizing hormonal balance or amplifying the level of systemic inflammation.
A third target is to define, for health care professionals responsible for women's health, specific diagnostic parameters and shared prevention and care standards to be adopted throughout the lifespan.
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