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Educational approaches to teach the 2017 periodontal classification to dental healthcare professionals: A scoping review.

Journal of periodontology · Ramachandra SS, Wang YS, Tatakis DN, Gurney J · 2026-08-22

Researchers identified nine distinct educational approaches used to teach the updated 2017 periodontal classification to dental professionals, finding that several methods—particularly flowcharts and algorithms—improved diagnostic accuracy across different experience levels.

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