title: EFP Delphi study on the trends in Periodontology and Periodontics in Europe for the year 2025.
abstract: The aim was to assess the potential trends in Periodontology and Periodontics in Europe that might be anticipated by the year 2025, using the Delphi method.
  
  
  
  The expert opinion of 120 experts was sought through the use of an open-ended questionnaire, developed by an advisory group, containing 40 questions concerning the various trends in periodontology.
  
  
  
  The experts (113 responders) expect a stabilization of the prevalence of periodontitis, both for the chronic as well as the aggressive cases, but an increase in implant-related diseases up to the year 2025. Concurrently, the importance of implants is seen to be increasing. They foresee an increased demand for postgraduate periodontology and implantology training. This is mirrored in an increase in publications for implant dentistry and increase in demand and need for training. Concerning the patients, better-informed individuals seeking more routine check-ups are expected.
  
  
  
  A continued need for specialized periodontists, but also well trained dental practitioners is foreseen for next decade in Europe. Apart from periodontology they will be increasingly exposed to and trained in implant dentistry.
authors.affiliation: School of Dentistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Phoebus
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Madianos
authors.affiliation: School of Dentistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Papaioannou
authors.affiliation: ETEP (Etiology and Therapy of Periodontal Diseases) Research Group, University Complutense, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Herrera
authors.affiliation: ETEP (Etiology and Therapy of Periodontal Diseases) Research Group, University Complutense, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Mariano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sanz
authors.affiliation: Section of Periodontology, Department of Conservative Dentistry, Clinic for Oral, Dental and Maxillofacial Diseases, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Amelie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baeumer
authors.affiliation: Specialistkliniken för Parodontologi, Folktandvården Västra Götaland Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bogren
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontology, Rothschild Hospital (AP-HP), UFR of Odontology, University of Paris Diderot, Paris, France.|EA 2496, UFR of Odontology, University of Paris Descartes, Montrouge, France.
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bouchard
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, Jagiellonian University, Collegium Medicum, Cracow, Poland.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chomyszyn-Gajewska
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontology, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Korkud
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Demirel
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Medicine and Periodontology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Rok
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gaspersic
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontology, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Giurgiu
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical, Medical and Molecular Pathology and Critical Care Medicine, Section of Dentistry, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: Filippo
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-8780-7306
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Graziani
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontology, Operative and Preventive Dentistry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jepsen
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontology, Operative and Preventive Dentistry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
authors.forename: Sören
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jepsen
authors.affiliation: Private practice, Galway, Ireland.
authors.forename: Tiernan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: O Brien
authors.affiliation: Department of Restorative Dentistry and Periodontology, Dublin Dental University Hospital, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Polyzois
authors.affiliation: Centre for Oral Health Research and Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
authors.forename: Philip M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Preshaw
authors.affiliation: Department for Periodontology and Oral Medicine, School of Dental Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: Mia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rakic
authors.affiliation: Private practice, Liège, Belgium.
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reners
authors.affiliation: Zagreb, Croatia.
authors.forename: Nives
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rincic
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Odontology, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stavropoulos
authors.affiliation: Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Serdar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sütcü
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontolgy, University of Nantes, Nantes, France.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Verner
authors.affiliation: University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
authors.forename: Juan Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Llodra
mesh_terms: D003697:Delphi Technique; D003729:Dental Care; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D010517:Periodontics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Delphi Study; implant dentistry; periodontology