Principles for oral health is a strategic global alliance to simplify and cascade evidence-based messages from literature and clinical practice guidelines as they relate the use of antimicrobial / antiseptic mouth washes and toothpastes to grassroot oral healthcare professionals, and drive the importance of patients selfperformed oral care at home to help maintain patients gum health and prevent periodontal diseases.

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2026

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The SEPA Foundation begins a new initiative entitled “Principles for Oral Health”, sponsored by LISTERINE®, an ambitious global agreement to promote periodontal health and ensure that oral healthcare professionals have access to the fundamentals of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention of periodontitis.

Gustavo Ávila-Ortiz

Gustavo Ávila-Ortiz

Clinical Professor and Director of Graduate Periodontics, Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, University of Michigan School of Dentistry.

Editor-in-Chief, The International Journal of Periodontics and Restorative Dentistry.

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Iain Chapple

University of Birmingham.

Workshop Committee EFP (European Federation of Periodontology) Secretary.

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Henrik Dommisch

Charité – University Medicine Berlin.

DG PARO President (German Society of Peridontology).

Bahar Eren Kuru

Bahar Eren Kuru

Yeditepe University Head of Periodontology Department.

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Ricardo Fischer

SOBRAPI Vicepresident (Brasilian Periodontology and Implants society).

Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro.

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Elena Figuero

SEPA trustee (SEPA Foundation Periodontology and Dental Implants).

Complutense University of Madrid (UCM).

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Marjolaine Gosset

Université Paris Cité.

President of the French Institute for Research in Dentistry.

SFPIO (French Society of periodontology) Secretary General.

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Filippo Graziani

Expresident European Federation of Periodontology (EFP)

University of Pisa.

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David Herrera

SEPA trustee (SEPA Foundation Periodontology and Dental Implants).

Workshop Committee EFP (European Federation of Periodontology) Chair.

Complutense University of Madrid (UCM).

Effie Ioannidou

Effie Ioannidou

Professor and Chair of the Department of Orofacial Sciences, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).

Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Periodontology and Clinical Advances in Periodontics. President of the AADOCR.

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Rhiannon Jones

Cardiff University.

President of The British Society of Dental Hygiene & Therapy.

Paul Levi

Paul Levi

Professor, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, and Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (Barcelona).

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Paula Matesanz

SEPA president (SEPA Foundation Periodontology and Dental Implants).

Complutense University of Madrid (UCM).

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Ana Molina

SEPA vicepresident (SEPA Foundation Periodontology and Dental Implants).

Complutense University of Madrid (UCM).

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Panos Papapanou

American Academy of Periodontology.

Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Clinical Periodontology.

Carlos Parra

Carlos Parra

Clinical Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director in Periodontics, Texas A&M University College of Dentistry, Dallas, Texas.

Danielle Rulli

Danielle Rulli

Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director in Dental Hygiene, The Ohio State University College of Dentistry.

Simone Ruzario

Simone Ruzario

President Elect, British Society of Dental Hygiene and Therapy.

Ann Spolarich

Ann Spolarich

Professor, Course Director of Pharmacology, and Assistant Dean for Research at the Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health (ASDOH), A.T. Still University.

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Beatriz de Tapia

SEPA board member (SEPA Foundation Periodontology and Dental Implants).

International University of Catalonia (UIC).

Flavia Teles

Flavia Teles

Professor, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine. Editorial Board Member for the Journal of Periodontology. Member of the Task Force on Design and Analysis in Oral Health Research.

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Nicola West

British Society of Periodontology President Elect.

EFP (European Federation of Periodontology) Secretary General.

University of Bristol (BU).

Practical use of antiseptics in periodontal care: an EFP guideline-based approach

Paula Matesanz & David Herrera

El papel de los agentes antisépticos en la prevención de la periodontitis

Elena Figuero

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Principles Symposium BSP – SEPA

Ian Chapple, Paula Matesanz, Nicola west, Elena Figuero, Philip Preshaw

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What does the data say about oral antiseptics?

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Antiseptics, WHY, WHEN and HOW

Oral Health Summit

Why Mouthwash?