Decoding the BSP good practitioner guidelines- What’s the real takeaway here?

Aim:

• The presentation aims to highlight the major components of BSP Good Practitioner’s Guide to Periodontology and how to implement this in a general dental practice. 

Objectives:

• Discuss why and how BSP Good Practitioner’s Guide to Periodontology was formed and its use in a general dental practice. 
• Discuss limitations and benefits of Basic Periodontal Examination and when we start recording Comprehensive Periodontal Examination (BPE Vs CPE). 
• Discuss steps taken to screen for periodontitis in the general population. 
• Discuss risk factors for periodontal disease including diabetes and smoking as well as other factors such as stress, poor nutrition, obesity. 
• Discuss how periodontal disease plays a significant role in patients' systemic health 
• Discuss non surgical and surgical treatment approaches as a treatment for periodontal disease. 
• Discuss referral criteria and steps delegates can follow for successful referral.

Learning Outcomes:

• List a few risk factors for periodontitis. 
• List what BPE code 0-4 &* indicates. 
• List components of comprehensive periodontal examination. 
• List types of radiographic assessment available for periodontal assessment .
• List 3 systemic health that has an impact on periodontal health. 
• List various treatment options a patient can be presented to treat periodontitis. 
• List ways and clinicians we can refer to patients’ with advanced and unresolved periodontal disease. 
• List four different kinds of surgical periodontal therapy performed to treat periodontal disease. 

GDC Learning Outcome: C