Personalized periodontics - advancing patient-centric approaches in diagnosis, treatment, and long-term care: A narrative review

The evolution of personalized periodontics facilitates a movement from the traditional, fixed and one-size-fits-all diagnostic and therapeutic approach to specifically modifying diagnostics as well as treatment, and maintenance strategies to the patient. This review focuses on advances such as biomarker analysis, genetic testing, and advanced diagnostics which are being integrated to increase the precision of periodontal disease diagnosis and therapeutic management. Utilizing pharmacogenomics, minimally invasive treatments, and individualized maintenance regimens have shown success in establishing superior clinical outcomes, as well as increased patient satisfaction and compliance with treatment regimens. Moreover, artificial intelligence and tele-dentistry will further enhance the quality of personalized periodontal treatment through improved diagnosis and treatment planning, as well as allowing a broader venue for remote periodontal disease management. Nonetheless, this will need to address challenges associated with costs, access, and ethics that could enable further adoption. The ability to customize treatment strategies based on individual patient profiles makes personalized periodontics a promising approach.