Experts gathered on July 10-11th in Madrid for the Focused Workshop on Periodontology and Family Doctors, a joint scientific initiative of the European Federation of Periodontology (EFP) and Wonca Europe. Our aim was to prepare a consensus document and agree on a set of recommendations on how general practitioners and oral health professionals can approach the systemic impact of periodontitis on cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and respiratory diseases.
A team of 18 experts, organised in three working groups, reviewed the latest evidence available on the associations between periodontitis and those chronic systemic conditions. In particular, a new systematic review examining the links between periodontitis and respiratory diseases was presented and the associations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, community-acquired pneumonia, obstructive sleep apnoea, and Covid-19 were discussed.
report, currently under way, to be published simultaneously in the EFP's Journal of Clinical Periodontology and Wonca Europe's European Journal of General Practice.