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Dental Tribune Middle East & Africa Edition | 6/2016 8 industry Congress on Guided Biofilm Therapy (GBT) ByE.M.S. DIVONNE LES-BAINS, France: More than 30 years ago, EMS developed AIR-FLOW® and PIEZON® NO PAIN and since then continuously im- proved these technologies. In July 2016, it is time to launch the next game changer: EMS presented the Guided Biofilm Therapy (GBT). The GBT revolutionizes what Axelsson and Lindhe started more than 40 years ago and will set a new stand- ard in dental maintenance and oral hygiene. International guest speak- ers from Universities, Dental Offices and the Swiss Dental Academy were invited to a two-day conference in DivonneLes-Bains.Thesummitpro- vided a stage where dental profes- sionals could discuss biofilm man- agement, the main causes of biofilm and the clinically effective ways to remove it. The Game Changer “I believe that education and aware- ness is key to making game chang- ers out of our colleagues.” (Jolene Pinder, Dental Hygienist) EMS organised the GBT conference under the heading “How to manage biofilm and its effective removal?” The presented ‘Game Changer’ was developed in close cooperation with universities, dentists, dental hygien- ists and EMS specialists. Therefore, it is no surprise that Nina Von De Fenn, prophylaxis professional and trainerattheSwissDentalAcademy, is “proud to be a game changer”. In- deed, dental maintenance and oral hygiene has never been as impor- tant as it is today: The participants feel like pioneers who experience a high standard homogenous solu- tion for every patient. And it seems that a new gold standard has been created in the field of prophylaxis, coming straight out of Switzerland. The GBT is safer, more comfortable and more efficient than conven- tional methods. Thus, it is definitely time to change the game! Try it and you like it “GBT meeting made me realize that AIR-FLOW® can be used not only in periodontal maintenance but also for active treatment – periodontitis, peri-implantitis and peri-implant mucositis.”(Dr.DongXiaoXiao,Peri- odontist) The GBT, which is a detailed clinical protocol, ensures a high standard in dental maintenance and facilitates complete removal of biofilm sub- and supra-gingivally. The GBT aims tobringafastandcomfortabletreat- ment to any patient profile with the use of the high technology powder PLUS based on Erythritol, the AIR- FLOW® and the PIEZON® NO PAIN technologies. Be it children, sensi- tive patients, recall or pre-surgery prophylaxis, the GBT offers a com- plete solution. The GBT, this new, simple and predictable approach to professional dental maintenance, begins with the use of a disclosing agent. It guides the dental profes- sional to see the biofilm normally not visible to the naked eye and to demonstrate biofilm presence to the patient. This procedure is fol- lowed by removal of biofilm and stains from the hard and soft tissues sub- and supra-gingivally by using AIR FLOW® with the very fine Eryth- ritol powder PLUS. After this proce- dure, calculus and concrements are easy to detect and can be removed using PIEZON® NO PAIN and the PS instrument. Scaling is only needed if there are hard deposits. Therefore, GBT provides a minimal invasive therapy.Afterwards,theGBTiscom- pleted with a quality control and the recall management. Nevertheless,thepresentationofthe detailed GBT protocol was only one of the highlights of the conference. The guest speakers like Prof. Magda Mensi, Dr. Klaus-Dieter Bastendorf, Eva Müller, Karen Davis and Brigitte Schöneich,boardmemberoftheEu- ropean Dental Hygienist Federation, offered a course on pathogenic bio- film, the history of biofilm removal and the challenges of clinical cases. With a total of 18 speakers a variety oftopicswastreated,includinghand piece technique and literature anal- ysis.Theattendantswereprofessors, dentists, dental hygienists and den- tal assistants, actively involved in dentalprophylaxiseitherattheclin- ics or in dental universities. The aim of the congress on Guided Biofilm Therapy was essentially to build a commonunderstandingoftheneed to introduce the approach towards prophylaxis – based on knowledge, experience and supported by clini- cal evidence. Every presenter shared his personal opinion on best practic- es including challenges which were differentiated and country specific. GBT – no conflict of ethics and profitability “I prefer to earn money with the health of my patients (GBT), than the diseases of my patients!" (Dr. "I believe that education and awareness is key to making game changers out of our colleagues" ÿPage 9