Winners of EFP Innovation Award 2023 for Digital Solutions announced
NewsPosted by: Dental Design 16th May 2023
Fostering innovation in the area of digital solutions that contribute to improve gum health for all is the purpose of the EFP Innovation Award for Digital Solutions for Gum Health. The EFP (European Federation of Periodontology) has announced the winners in France, Switzerland and the UK of the 2023 edition of these prizes, awarded annually with the support of EFP partner Haleon.
First prize was given to “My Perio Care” by Claire Bigot from the Paris Cité University. Her application addresses both patients and dentists’ unmet needs to better manage periodontal care, including everything from from primary prevention to disease therapy
My Perio Care helps oral health professionals diagnose gum disease according to a set of parameters, so they can prescribe the app to their patients in order to provide them with personalised services such as specific care information, oral health education, follow-up of their periodontal parameters, and even tele-consultation if necessary. Throughout treatment, monitoring is personalised and non-intrusive.
Second prize went to the project !my.periodontal-health.com” presented by Christoph Ramseier from the University of Bern. Developed in collaboration with Ukraine- based IT professionals, this tool supports personalised periodontal care and allows clinicians and patients to transfer clinical data from other perio technologies such as www.periotools.com. This way, it helps patients to achieve and maintain periodontal stability during supportive periodontal care – for example, they can receive email reminders about upcoming visits to the clinic, or get an estimation of the healthcare costs that they have saving by regularly attending their appointments.
Third prize was awarded to “Digital technology monitored and controlled oral endotoxin activity levels for personalised primary and secondary prevention of gum diseases and
related systemic complications,” developed by Svetislav Zaric from the King’s CollegeLondon. It consisted of two rapid and reliable tests based on oral bacterial endotoxin profile: a subgingival plaque test to be performed by dental professionals for personalised, site-specific management of patient’s gum health conditions, and a salivary self-test for the wider public to be performed at home, for early detection and prevention of gum disease before significant tissue destruction occurs.
“The EFP is happy to reward innovative work to support clinicians, and to boost periodontal health for the benefit of our patients and society at large,” says Andreas Stavropoulos, chair of the EFP scientific affairs committee and past president. “The EFP will continue to support cutting-edge digital technology, with the support of its partner Haleon.”
“Haleon is proud to support its partner the EFP, and this important, growing area of future research for oral health. The EFP Innovation Award for Digital Solutions is in its second year and quality of both entries and winners is outstanding,” adds Dr Steve Mason, Global Medical Lead for Oral Health at Haleon, EFP partner and one of the world’s largest providers of specialist oral health.
