Decision-Making at the Crossroads Between Periodontology and Implant Dentistry A Call for Personalized Oral Medicine

"It has only been 12 years since our first book was published, but times have changed significantly since then. ... Despite the exponentially growing body of knowledge and the rapidly improving therapeutic possibilities, one of the key challenges facing dental practices today is ensuring that the focus on the individual patient is not lost! Against this background, despite the progress associated with the introduction of evidence-based dentistry (EBD), the current trend toward customized treatment plans tailored to the individual patient, with clinical decision-making guided by the concept of personalized oral medicine (POM), is particularly important now and will be of great significance in the future." --