This presentation will look at 21^st century personalised dental medicine. It will start by examining challenges caused by periodontal diseases like gingivitis, and discuss how the patient must be at the centre of all we do. It will end by looking at multi-disciplinary teamwork between oral health professionals and medical colleagues, why it’s important and how it can work in a bi-directional way.

• Understand why personalised dental medicine is the future for oral care and what it means.
• Appreciate the need to shift from managing periodontitis to gingivitis and why, from an oral and systemic health perspective.
• Understand the need to develop bi-directional working pathways with physicians and why it is important.