Guidelines for periodontal therapy. The American Academy of Periodontology

The American Academy of Periodontology offers the following Guidelines for Periodontal Therapy. These guidelines are intended to fulfill the Academy's obligation to the public and to the dental profession to set forth the clinical objectives and scope of periodontal therapy. They also are designed to give guidance to state legislatures and agencies that regulate the practice of periodontology and should be considered in their entirety.

Published by Journal of periodontology, 1998. The guideline itself is at the source linked here.

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