Sunstar Foundation Awards Ceremony 2022
June 30, 2022
During Europerio10, the Sunstar Foundation celebrated the Award Ceremony for the Sunstar World Perio Research Award and the Perio Link™ Award. After a delay in the Europerio10 celebration, as it was originally scheduled to be held in June 2021, the winners and the selection committee members were reunited in Copenhaguen.
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7th World Perio Research Award Winners
1st winner:
Title: Periodontal disease classifications and incident coronary heart disease in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study.
Team: Beck JD, Philips K, Moss K, Sen S, Morelli T, Preisser J, Pankow J
Journal of Periodontology 2020 Nov;91(11):1409-1418. doi: 10.1002/JPER.19-0723. Epub 2020 Jun 23. PMID: 32449797.
This paper suggests that, while periodontal therapy may improve oral health, it may be effective at impacting coronary heart disease incidence in only certain groups of people.
2nd winner:
Title: The association of periodontal disease and cardiovascular risk; results from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.
Team: Singer RH, Stoutenberg M, Feaster DJ, Cai J, Hlaing WM, Metsch LR, Salazar CR, Beaver SM, Finlayson TL, Talavera G, Gellman MD, Schneiderman N
Journal of Periodontology 2018 Jul;89(7):840-857. doi: 10.1002/JPER.17-0549. Epub 2018 Jul 20. PMID: 29542123; PMCID: PMC6105526.
This research shows that moderate and severe periodontal diseases are associated with significant cardiovascular disease risk with marked sex disparity and heterogeneity by Hispanic/Latino background.
3rd winner:
Title: Inflammatory Bacteriome and Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma.
Team: Perera M, Al-Hebshi NN, Perera I, Ipe D, Ulett GC, Speicher DJ, Chen T, Johnson NW.
Journal of Dental Research 2018 Jun;97(6):725-732. doi: 10.1177/0022034518767118. Epub 2018 Apr 9. PMID: 29630846.
This paper substantiates evidence for the inflammatory nature of the bacteriome associated with oral squamous cell carcinoma.
2nd Perio Link™ Award Winner
Winner:
Title: The role of dental insurance in mitigating mortality among working-age U.S. adults with periodontitis.
Team: Sadiq N, Probst JC, Merchant AT, Martin AB, Shrestha D, Khan MM. Journal of Clinical Periodontology 2020 Nov;47(11):1294-1303. doi: 10.1111/jcpe.13366. PMID: 32939782.
Their findings confirm that dental insurance might be instrumental in granting access to dental care and therefore reducing the associated mortality risk in adults within working age in the US.