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Global Prevention Symposium: Charting the Future of Oral Health and Medicine

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The Global Prevention Symposium: Charting the Future of Oral Health and Medicine will bring together leading clinicians, researchers, educators, students, public health experts, and industry innovators to explore how prevention can transform healthcare and improve health outcomes across populations. Designed to foster collaboration across medicine, dentistry, public health, and industry, the symposium will connect leaders working to advance prevention science and translate innovation into real-world impact. Speakers include Dr. Magda Feres, Dr. Sukirth Ganesan, and Dr. Brian Mealey.

When: December 5, 2026, 9am – 5pm EST
Where: Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA

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AAP / AAPF Award Ceremony

Written by PerioFoundation on . Posted in Annual Meeting, Awards, Event.

The AAP Foundation’s 2026 awards will be presented at this joint ceremony with the American Academy of Periodontology.

When: Friday, October 30, 2026, 5:30-7:00pm PDT
Where: Room 6A, Arch Convention Center, Seattle, WA

Future Horizons in Periodontology

Written by PerioFoundation on . Posted in Annual Meeting, Education, Event, Levi-Richman.

Learn about cutting-edge advancements at the interface of periodontics and orthodontics in this year’s Future Horizons in Periodontology lecture. This year’s speakers will share the findings of research funded by the inaugural Richman Family Foundation Perio-Ortho Interface Grants when they were created in 2021 to advance collaboration at this critical intersection of dental specialties. Now part of the Levi-Richman Integration Initiative, the program is helping to connect periodontology with other dental and medical disciplines and champion periodontal health as the oral-systemic link. Dr. Guo-Hao (Alex) Lin’s research evaluated the impact of orthodontic alignment on keratinized tissue width, mid-facial recession, tissue phenotype, and interdental papilla dimensions, while Dr. Vrushali Abhyankar conducted a combined retrospective and prospective CBCT analysis of buccal bone dimensions with and without periodontally accelerated osteogenic orthodontics in adult patients.

When: Friday, October 30, 2026, 10:45-11:30am PDT
Where: Room 6B, Arch Convention Center, Seattle, WA

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Robert J. Genco Perio-Systemic Symposium: Fighting the Fire of Inflammation: Novel Strategies for Host Modulation in Clinical Therapy

Written by PerioFoundation on . Posted in Annual Meeting, Education, Event, Levi-Richman.

Be on the cutting edge of emerging advances in periodontics, including the influence of biological sex on immune responses and periodontitis, strategies for controlling inflammation, and the role of extracellular matrix biology in tissue health and regeneration. This course will also explore novel ECM-targeted therapies, probiotic-derived therapeutics, oral-systemic disease connections, and emerging research on the oral-gut-brain axis and human virome. Oral health is systemic health! This course meets the Dental Board of California’s requirements for 1.5 units of continuing education.

When: Friday, October 30, 2026, 1:30 – 3:00pm PDT
Where: Room 6C, Arch Convention Center, Seattle, WA