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Commentary: From Normal Scientific Progress to Game Changers: The Impact on Periodontal Clinical Practice
Author(s) -
McGuire Michael K.,
Wilson Thomas G.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of periodontology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.036
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1943-3670
pISSN - 0022-3492
DOI - 10.1902/jop.2014.140220
Subject(s) - citation , centennial , private practice , library science , sociology , medicine , computer science , family medicine , pathology
T he purpose of this commentary is to highlight knowledge that has influenced and changed the trajectory of periodontal practice. As you review the ‘‘Literature That Shaped Modern Periodontology’’ published as part of this AAP Centennial series, you will note that most of the citations begin in the 1970s and move forward. That decade corresponds to when the authors established their private practices andmost of us began to look to this literature to answer the questions that originated in the hard work of daily practice. How should we best diagnose, treat, and maintain our patients? We would like to break our commentary into four categories that capture the changes we have experienced and will continue to experience in clinical practice: normal scientific progress,1 megatrends, game changers, and wild cards (Fig. 1).