Webinar - Overpromise or Underdeliver- Prognosis in Periodontal Treatment Planning in Moderate to Severe Cases

16.06.2026, 7:00pm-8:30pm

The webinar is free for members, non-member charges are £20 Hygienist/Therapist, £30 Dentist.

Bookings will close at midday on Monday 15 June 2026.

Registering instructions will be sent out on Monday 15 June 2026, as you need to register with Zoom (a quick and simple process).  After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar on the evening.

Only the first 500 participants to log in on the evening will be able to participate in the live event.  

However, booked participants will be able to view the webinar after the event on the BSP website.  You will be notified when the recorded presentation is available for viewing.

1.5 hours CPD is offered to all delegates who have booked and viewed the webinar. Bookings must have been made through the BSP website. Non-members will need their booking reference number to obtain CPD. Evaluation form and CPD certificates will be available after the event on the website.  

Talks

Aims

To look at the factors that may be considered when trying to gauge periodontal prognosis in patients with significant disease. To then consider how these will effect the treatment planning process, both in ideal and in real-world situations. I will then try to tie this in with long term outcomes of periodontal treatment and how patients experiences and expectations may vary form the clinicians.

Objectives

  • Outline the factors affecting periodontal prognosis at a whole mouth level

  • Consider periodontal prognosis at the tooth level

  • Discuss the factors involved in decisions of tooth retention as opposed to extraction in the worse affected teeth

  • Apply this to treatment planning decisions at the various stages of the periodontal care pathway

  • To compare how initial prognosis may correlate with long term outcomes

Outcomes

GDC Development Outcome:

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Speakers

Speakers

Biography

Dr Paul Baker

Paul qualified as a dentist from Kings in 1992, and as a Periodontist from Guys in 2001. He has worked full-time in a Periodontal Specialist Practice for approaching 25 years, where his practice is limited to Periodontics and all aspects of implant surgery.

Paul was the British Society of Periodontology Commercial Liaison Officer under 6 Presidents, as well as having another stint on Council as Other Member for 2 years. He has represented the Society on the Senate of Dental Specialties and on the Special Advisory Committee in Restorative Dentistry. He organised the BSP’s first specialist level course on periodontal plastic surgery with Peter Floyd, back in 2006, and continued running these for the Society up until 2020. He represented the BSP at the 3rd PanDental Conference, where he was filmed in 3D performing mucogingival procedures and presented them as part of the joint session.

Paul is President of the British Society of Periodontology and Implant Dentistry for 2026.