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The much anticipated Good Practitioner's Guide to Periodontology has been launched this week in London. It is a completely revised version of its predecessor, The Young Practitioner's Guide to Periodontology, taking on board comments and suggestions made over the intervening 5 years. Not least its name: For "Young" now read "Good"! The revised text addresses changes in research and clinical practice. It is available to download in PDF format (see Publications) and also in digital and interactive format (also available under Publications). This exciting addition has been made possible by Fiona Clark of Atlas Education and a BSP member, an expert in the field of e-learning. This third version of the Guide aims to be a helpful companion to the dental team in clinical practice following on from the undoubted success of its two previous versions.

Radio Kent contacted our President, Phil Ower, this morning requesting a live radio interview about the amount of interest generated by the press coverage of the debate "to floss or not to floss". With less than a hour's notice the call went out and Professor Francis Hughes rose to the challenge. He was the only person interviewed on the subject and was on air answering a barrage of questions from the show's host Julia George. You can hear the interview at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0417szw (10.50am).

This week has seen a renewed interest in the thorny subject of flossing. Our statement follows - this shows the BSP's position on the flossing debate...

Reena Wadia was one of our 2016 Clincial Fellowship Award winners and has recently returned from her trip to Boston where as she says, she had a fantastic learning experience. Her report can be viewed here.

We are delighted that the BBC's Hugh Pym was spotted sporting a BSP mouthie to raise awareness for gum disease! #howsyoursmile

Our film 'The Sound of Periodontitis' is now being used and translated across Europe. It powerfully shows the patient perspective on gum disease. It's well worth watching and sharing if you haven't already!

In the latest BDJ (22 July 2016) there is a letter expressing concern about the tactics of the BSP gum health campaign. To read this, and our response, please click on the 'More' button below:

Professor Iain Chapple, immediate past President of the BSP, delivered the BDA Lillian Lindsay Lecture 2016 at the British Dental Conference on the past 50 years of periodontology. This can be viewed on the 'Periodontal Diseases' page or by clicking here...

News of the death on 7th July of Gwyneth Roberts was received yesterday. Gwyneth Roberts was a member of the Society for many years and a regular attender of BSP meetings. She retired as a Consultant in 1991 in Leeds where she had been Director of the Dental Hygiene Programme. She was highly respected within the school and by her colleagues and graduates of the school and is remembered fondly by many of the Society’s members. She retired initially to Bristol and finally to Cambridgeshire to be nearer her family. Her funeral takes place today in Cambridge.