Periodontal treatment failure: practical strategies to optimise outcomes
15 May 2026
Clinical Excellence Theatre
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Learning Content
This presentation reviews the patient and clinical consequences of periodontal treatment failure. It outlines how accurate diagnosis, evidence-based treatment planning, effective treatment and maintenance can be used to improve disease control and long-term periodontal outcomes.
Aims
To improve understanding of why periodontal treatment can fail and the negative impact this can have on patients, including ongoing disease progression and compromised outcomes. This presentation aims to demonstrate how the structured use of evidence-based guidelines can support more accurate diagnosis, improved treatment planning and better long-term periodontal outcomes in clinical practice.
Learning Outcomes
- Understand the common reasons periodontal treatment fails and the impact this can have on patient outcomes - Understand how evidence-based guidelines can be used to improve periodontal diagnosis and treatment planning - Be able to apply a structured, guideline-based approach to improve periodontal treatment outcomes in practice.
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