Welcome
Mission Statement
The Academy as the national voice of periodontists, supports success of its members, promotes excellence in the practice of periodontics and in partnership advances the periodontal health of the public as an integral part of optimal oral and general health.
Vision Statement
The Academy unifies periodontists as the recognized leaders with the expertise to advance, provide and educate on periodontics and surgical tooth replacement care. Periodontists are key to comprehensive oral health care and a central collaborative interface with allied partners between oral health and general health.
Why see a Periodontist?
The goal of periodontal therapy is to allow you to keep your teeth and your smile all your life.
More specifically, it allows to stop the progression of gum disease, to strengthen your gums and to replace if necessary missing teeth with implants.
In most cases, with appropriate treatments and your cooperation, it is possible to keep your teeth for life.
CAP Annual Meeting - October 15-18, 2025
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Toronto, Ontario
EARLY BIRD RATE EXTENDED TO MAY 1!
Current CAP members are eligible to register for the Toronto meeting at the AAP-member rate.
- Early-Bird Registration Rate Extended to: May 1, 2025
- Housing Deadline: September 25, 2025
- Advance Registration Rate Deadline: October 14, 2025
- Onsite Registration Rate: October 15 - 18, 2025
Registration
Zoom in with CAP
A three-part lecture series for your referring doctors and hygienists, sponsored by Crest Oral B, offered at no charge to CAP members, their staff, and referring doctors. Please forward the registration page to your referring doctors with our compliments.
Zoom in with CAP
May Session
Thursday, May 29, 2025
8:00PM-9:30PM EST
Kerry Lepicek
Striking a Balance - The importance of shifting our focus
towards prevention vs disease management
Moderator:
Do you ever wonder why 47.2% of adults aged 30 years and older have some form of periodontal disease and 70.1% of adults 65 years and older have periodontal disease even if they come to see us every 3 to 6 months? It is time to change our philosophy from disease control to a wellness prevention approach. Join Kerry and learn a framework to lead your patients to accept treatment and comply with your recommendations. She will review treatment strategies and technology that can help move your patients from an active infection into remission or health within a few weeks. During this presentation, you will explore the growing evidence between oral and systemic health and why this information matters to our patient’s wellness. We must change our focus from hard deposit removal to understanding our patient’s biofilm risk. It is time to move our patients into oral and systemic health and stop the cycle of “bloody prophies”.
Learning Objectives:
- Learn assessment tools that can help locate and monitor
periodontal and caries disease.
- Become comfortable discussing the oral-systemic connection
with your patient.
- Review biofilm control techniques for use in the office and at
home.
- Explore treatment strategies to move your patients from active
infection into remission.
Kerry Lepicek is a registered dental hygienist with over 20 years of clinical experience. She works at Clinical Research Dental as a Clinical Specialist in Dental Hygiene and Education and works part- time in general practice. She has lectured locally and internationally and is a cast member on The RDH View.
Kerry is knowledgeable on the topics of oral biofilm, the oral- systemic connection, teeth whitening, and the dental hygiene process of care. Her focus is on educating her clients and the dental profession on health and wellness. She sits on the Research Advisory Committee for ODHA, The RDH Magazine Advisory Board and is a section editor for The Hygiene Corner with Women in Dentistry.
Recently, she received the Distinguished Services Award from ODHA for outstanding contributions to the dental hygiene profession. Her practical advice will transform your practice and patients’ health.
Registration open
Registration
Generously sponsored by Crest Oral B
Jump the GAP with CAP
A webinar series designed for CAP members. Registration is complimentary for CAP members, with nominal fees for hygienists and non-CAP members.
