b'While based in the U.S., the American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) considers itself as the community for periodontists across the globe. Following is some current news on the AAPs International members.After all the challenges created by the pandemic, the Academy1:303 p.m.is excited to announce that the 108 thAAP Annual MeetingFCE4: Your Royal Sinus will be a return to form. That includes the opportunity toProgram Track: Tissue Engineering and Hard Tissue finally welcome back the AAPs colleagues from the JapaneseReconstructionAcademy of Clinical Periodontology (JACP) and the Japanese Society of Periodontology (JSP). FCE5: Healing from Within: Natural Therapies for Periodontal Diseases Following are a list of courses being planned in collaborationProgram Track: Emerging Concepts and Innovative with the JACP and JSP.Therapies Friday, Oct. 28, 2022 3:305:30 p.m.10:4511:30 a.m. GS4: No Need to Tap a Hip to Save a Tooth! IP1: Advances in Periodontics Program Track: Tissue Engineering and Hard Tissue Reconstruction1:303 p.m.FCE2: Digital Dentistry to Optimize Implant WorkflowSunday, Oct. 30, 2022Program Track: Implant Surgery and Prosthetic10:45 a.m.12:15 p.m. Rehabilitation FCE8: Our Mouth is Not Vegas: What Happens IP2: Advances in Periodontics Here Does Not Stay HereProgram Track: Oral Pathology, Oral Medicine and Oral Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022 Diagnosis810 a.m.FCE9: Peri-Implantitis: Regenerate, Resect, or GS3: The Gummy Smile: Diagnostic and TreatmentRestart ConsiderationsProgram Track: Periodontal Plastic and SoftProgram Track: Treatment of Periodontal Diseases and Tissue Surgery Peri-Implant Diseases Presented in collaboration with SEPAThe European Federation of Periodontologys (EPF) International Eminence Award was recently given posthumously to Dr. Robert Genco, one of the giants of periodontology, who passed in March 2019.A pioneer of periodontal medicine, Dr. Genco was a leader in research into the links between periodontitis and systemic diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease. He played an important role at the ground-breaking joint workshop held by the EFP and the American Academy of Periodontology in 2012 on periodontitis and systemic diseases.The award was accepted on his behalf by his widow, Frances Genco. AAP Periospectives| 30'