Staff from the Faculty of Dentistry Sir John Walsh Research Institute have made a major contribution to the current volume of Periodontology 2000, the top ranked journal for dentistry. The focus of the volume is interdisciplinary periodontics, and the articles included discuss the interactions and the interrelationship between periodontal tissues/periodontal diseases and endodontics, fixed prosthodontics, implant dentistry, esthetics, gerodontology, radiology, orthodontics, pediatric dentistry, oral and maxillofacial surgery, oral pathology, special needs dentistry and general medicine.
Of the 13 articles in the volume, 7 have been authored by Otago academics, with contributions from 13 current staff and 3 recent staff.
A recent description of the volume was "No other journal has ever done such a comprehensive job of delineating Interdisciplinary Periodontics”.
The volume is currently available online at onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/prd.2017.74.issue-1/issuetoc.