An important event

Abstract

On the occasion of a meeting of the American Academy of Periodontology in 1957, attention was focussed on the following matters:

• 1. Regarding aetiology of periodontal diseases, Goldman reviewed the knowledge that could be considered of value at that time.

• 2. In the practical field, there was a series of presentations concerning different methods of treatment, partly inspired by theoretical concepts and partly by empirical clinical experience, which covered: therapeutic planning (Schluger/Thomas/Williams/Alloy), “root planing” (Wentz), subgingival curettage (Schaffer), gingivectomy (Ariaudo), ostectomies (Ochsenbein), gingivo-osteoplasties (Kramer), frenectomies and vestibuloplasties (Hileman), problems of root furcations (Kollar), prophylactic occlusal adjustments (Reeves), fixation therapy (Hirschfeld).

• 3. Howes evaluated the possibilities for tissue repair following the various interventions applicable to periodontal lesions.

Am. Acad. Periodont., Atlantic City Meeting 1957. Summaries of papers by Goldman/Howes/Schluger, J. Periodont. 28 (1957) 58.