Lilian Málaga-Figueroa, Marco Antonio Alarcón, Claudio Mendes Pannuti, Patricia Horna, Andrea López-Pacheco, Mariel Gómez, Paola Jiménez, Giuseppe Alexandre Romito, Elizabeth Lozano, Andrés Duque, Mauricio Montealegre, Marco Vinicio Medina Vega, Roberto Galindo, Vilma Umanzor, Agustín Zerón, Carlos Barrios, Mónica Shedden, Ruth Castillo, James Collins, Luis Bueno, Xiomara Giménez, Mariano Sanz, David Herrera
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: As elsewhere in the world, the prevalence of periodontitis in stages I-II is high in the Latin American population, this scenario emphasizes the need for identification of urgent needs for allocating adequate resources to provide diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of these diseases. The aim of this Delphi study was to predict the trends in periodontology/periodontics in the Latin American region by the year 2030. METHODS: A steering committee and an advisory group of experts in periodontology/periodontics were selected from 16 countries...
December 22, 2023: Journal of Periodontal Research