b'YOUR MEMBERSHIPADA endorses AAPs updated Do you know an up-and-coming leader in periodontics who hasclassification demonstrated an interest in guiding and influencing the specialty? If so, nominate them for the 2021 Leadership, Engagement, Action, and Development (LEAD) Program! of periodontal LEAD is an exclusive two-day program designed to identify future leaders in periodontics, cultivate the necessary skills to ensure success, and inspire a commitmentand peri-implant to advance the profession. Topics to be covered in the LEAD Program include: Opportunities within organized dentistry diseases andClinical, practice, and scientific leadership Effective community outreach conditions Personal roadmap developmentThis years program is scheduled for Oct. 1-3, 2021 in Chicago. Air travel, hotel accommodations,ground transportation, and meals will be provided for selected participants.During the 20-year period following the lastIn endorsing the AAPs updated classification, the ADA is To be eligible for the 2021 LEAD Program, nominees must: periodontal disease classification workshop in 1997,publicly acknowledging their support and agreeing withBe an Active AAP member in good standing who has been in practice ten years or less shortcomings of the old system became increasinglythe concept of staging and grading. ADA endorsement apparent. Moreover, no formal system for diagnosingcould lead to additional integration into different areas ofHave demonstrated a previous aptitude for leadership during residency, within periodontal practice, or in another setting health or pathology around dental implants existed.dentistry including education, testing, dental informatics,Have shown an interest in playing a role in moving the specialty forward through clinical, scientific, or organizational leadership insurance, practice software, etc. ADA endorsement also In 2017, the American Academy of Periodontologygives the classification more validity and authority since The nomination deadline is Friday, April 9, 2021. For more information or to access the nomination form, (AAP) developed a new periodontitis classification,it has been reviewed and accepted by the wider dental visit perio.org/members/lead-program-nomination. The LEAD program is sponsored by the inspired by a similar scheme that has beencommunity. AAP Foundation and Nobel Biocare.successfully used in oncology. The updated classification emphasizes the nature of periodontitis as a chronic pathologic condition with a multi-factorial etiology and systemic effects beyond the oral cavity, captures additional biological dimensions of the disease and its management, and is better aligned with the principles of personalized medicineRead the updated classification and risk factor control.of periodontal and peri-implant diseases and conditions at perio.In 2020, the AAP approached the Americanorg/consumer/2017-workshop-Dental Associations (ADAs) Council on Scientificproceedings. A video summary is also Affairs to consider endorsing the updated diseaseavailable on the AAP YouTube channel at classification. The endorsement application requiredyoutube.com/perionews.substantial documentation of how the classification was developed as well as evidence supporting its utility in dentistry. In The official endorsement was received in February 2021.AAP Periospectives| 35102378_AAOP.indd35 3/18/212:36 PM'