A report from the Spanish Society for Periodontics (SEPA) warns about the potential risk of gum disease on pregnant women.

“A great deal of premature births could be avoided in Spain by improving the health and care of gums". This is the conclusion reached in the publicly available SEPA’s report. This document shows that, in Spain, future mothers’ periodontal disease could be one of the risk factors involved in up to 14,000 premature births per year. 100,000 pregnant Spanish women approximately would have periodontal disease, being twice as likely to deliver a premature child than women with healthy gums.

It is also highlighted in the report that only 15% of the Spanish population from 35 to 44 years old would have healthy gums. The remaining 85% presents at least gingivitis and, out of those, 25% suffers of periodontitis also.

In this context, the SEPA’s president maintains that "treating periodontitis before and during pregnancy, and even more important, preventing it, could reduce significantly the cases of premature births in Spain”.

Almost 2000 professionals met in Madrid on 14^th, 15^th and 16^th January 2010 to attend the 9^th Biomet 3i Iberian Symposium.

The scientific programme included international speakers of great prestige in implantology. Prof. Dr. Alberto Sicilia was amongst them as a worldwide point of reference in the field of computer-guided minimally invasive surgery, and offer a successful presentation entitled "Post-extraction Immediate Implants, a Predictable Option. The Role of Conical Implants”. Prof. Dr. Sicilia analyzed the scientific evidence on this matter and exposed the latest findings in treatments with post-extraction immediate implants, a therapy that he carries out routinely as Medical Director of Clínica Sicilia.