A great leap forward for public health education

For the first time an unprecedented amount of coverage was given to periodontal science and practice, and millions of people – from Portugal to Azerbaijan, from Morocco to Finland – learnt about the implications of gum disease and the importance of healthy gums and their impact on their overall health and wellbeing.

All this was made possible thanks to the impressive work carried out by these 27 participating national societies – by their boards and their members alike. As a result of their ideas, commitment, and efforts, periodontology is today better known by citizens, policymakers and fellow health professionals. Thanks to hundreds of periodontists and dentists volunteering to take part in dozens of public events, the message of “fighting periodontal disease together” was communicated very effectively.

In short, European Gum Health Day 2017 was a resounding success and the

European Federation of Periodontology (EFP) extends its congratulations to all participating national societies – as this success belongs to them above all.