Foundation Course
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Periocampus Foundation:
The Periodontology Programme That Changes Everything
From risk assessment and staging to scaling and root planing (SRP), patient behaviour change and individualised Supportive Periodontal Care: a three-day programme built around doing, not watching.
STEP 0
Periodontal risk assessment, BPE/DPSI screening, staging and grading (EFP/AAP 2017)
STEP 1
Behaviour change, smoking cessation support, plaque control instruction, risk factor management
STEP 2
Full-mouth scaling and root planing (SRP), subgingival instrumentation, re-evaluation at 8–12 weeks
STEP 4
Individualised Supportive Periodontal Care: recall design, risk reassessment, professional biofilm removal
Crediti 28,4 ECM
- Upcoming Editions
OCT
18 • 19 • 20 October
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday
DEC
13 • 14 • 15 December
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday
MAR
14 • 15 • 16 March 2027
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday
MAY
9 • 10 • 11 May 2027
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday
€ 2.497 +VAT
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Elevate Your Non-Surgical Management of Periodontitis
Periocampus Foundation is the programme that has shaped the clinical thinking of hundreds of dental hygienists and dentists.
This is where we talk about conservative therapy — about preserving patients' natural dentition. It is, at its core, the highest-value approach in dentistry: safeguarding our patients' long-term health.
We examine in detail everything from screening to maintenance, and explore precisely why patient motivation and advanced subgingival instrumentation are pivotal to lasting clinical success.
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Course Programme
Want to take a closer look at your own pace?
Download the full Periocampus Foundation programme and review every detail whenever it suits you.
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What You'll Learn on the Foundation
Designed for those who want to command the full fundamentals of periodontology and manage every treatment step across the vast majority of cases. After Periocampus Foundation, you'll have everything you need to build advanced treatment plans, approach cases with clarity and composure, and expand your clinical expertise with genuine authority.
STEP 0
Risk Assessment and Periodontal Diagnosis
Identify the key signs immediately using an effective screening protocol, including in mild periodontitis cases. From there, build a thorough, rigorous, and precise diagnosis.
STEP 1
Non-Surgical Behaviour Change and Risk Factor Control
Build Periodontal Treatment Plans with Clinical Authority
Learn to design a strategic roadmap for every patient. Move beyond standard protocols to develop tailored treatment plans backed by clinical direction and the latest evidence-based guidelines.
Master Patient Engagement
Transform the patient relationship into a core therapeutic pillar. Master communication techniques that increase long-term adherence and turn "compliance" into a shared commitment to health.
Resolving Gingivitis with Purpose
Treat gingival inflammation not just as a routine procedure, but as a decisive clinical intervention. Use patient communication as a precision tool to resolve inflammation and prevent disease progression.
STEP 2
Non-Surgical Periodontal Therapy (NSPT)
Precision Instrumentation
Purpose-built hands-on sessions transform both the effectiveness and the confidence with which you work.
A more robust treatment approach
Approach non-surgical treatment with greater assurance — reducing uncertainty, raising the quality of your clinical decisions, and learning to use instruments correctly and purposefully.
STEP 4
The Long-Term Challenge
Understand why Supportive Periodontal Care (SPC) is a sophisticated clinical phase, not just a "hygiene recall."
Clinical Leadership
Align your team with a shared methodology and language, making your daily workflow more fluid and consistent.
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The Periocampus Method:
More Than a Course, a Campus.
Are you ready to spend three days fully immersed in periodontology, working alongside faculty and peers, sharing cases, debating clinical decisions and building connections that extend well beyond the classroom?
We make one clear promise: an intensity that genuinely changes not just how you learn, but how you practise.
Three days of full immersion.
You do not sit and listen. You practise repeatedly and refine your technique under supervision.You leave with a method you can apply immediately.
You will be guided by an international faculty of clinicians and researchers who practise periodontology at the very highest level, every single day. These are figures with a global reputation who have shaped the field, yet who remain direct, accessible and refreshingly unpretentious. Periocampus has always been defined by the genuine relationship that develops between delegates and faculty. Ask questions, challenge ideas, speak up. That is what the Campus is for.
Periocampus faculty members are among the foremost authorities in periodontology, both in research and in clinical practice.
You will have the opportunity to engage directly with the people who helped build the evidence base for periodontal treatment and who apply those protocols every day in their own surgeries
What you build here does not end on the last day of the campus. The relationships, the clinical dialogue, the habit of thinking differently, these carry forward.
The Community is still alive through dedicated digital spaces reserved exclusively for Periocampus Alumni, you carry that energy home with you, along with privileges, early access and priority booking on all future events and courses.
Periocampus helps you build genuine expertise in periodontology — becoming a trusted reference point for your patients and your team. Not through what you say, but through how you work, the decisions you make, and the results you deliver.
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Community Experience
Networking: The Core of the Campus
The Campus is your chance to step away from daily routine - “the chair” - and share meaningful time with a world-class international faculty and a cohort of like-minded peers.
It’s a dynamic environment to challenge your perspectives, clear up clinical doubts in real-time, and dive into the kind of honest, peer-to-peer dialogue that elevates the whole team.
And the experience doesn't end in the classroom. Mastery is a journey, not a weekend. As a Periocampus Alumnus, you’re part of a vibrant professional hub—both digital and physical—built for ongoing exchange. Stay at the cutting edge of periodontology through our year-round programme of events and our signature Annual Alumni Congress, supported by a network that actually shares your passion for excellence.
PROFESSIONALS
La Faculty
The clinicians and researchers you will be working with do not simply teach periodontology; they practise it, publish it and advance it, every single day, at both clinical and academic level.
The Campus gives you direct access to their thinking, their protocols and the way they approach the problems you face in your daily clinical practice.
Who is
Filippo Graziani
Filippo Graziani is one of the foremost international authorities in periodontology, combining world-class academic research with the highest level of clinical practice.
He is Full Professor of Periodontology at the University of Pisa and Honorary Professor at University College London.
He is the founder of Parocentro, Italy's only practice dedicated exclusively to periodontology, and of Bioperio®, the Italian Network for Periodontitis Care. With over 180 scientific publications to his name, he plays an active role in developing the most advanced protocols for the management of periodontal diseases, with a focus on integrating scientific evidence with clinical application and a commitment to preserving patients' natural teeth for life.
One of only three Italians ever to have served as President of the European Federation of Periodontology.
Who is
Cristiano Tomasi
Cristiano Tomasi is one of Europe's leading figures in periodontal therapy, combining rigorous scientific research with everyday clinical practice.
Professor of Periodontology at the University of Gothenburg, he has spent years developing and validating periodontal protocols — evidence-based, yet always grounded in real-world application.
His expertise centres on the management of periodontal patients across all phases of treatment, with a particular focus on peri-implant disease. His approach brings clarity to complexity, offering clinicians sound criteria for assessing, planning, and managing cases with greater confidence.
Who is
Jeanie Suvan
Jeanie Suvan is one of the leading international figures in non-surgical periodontal therapy and root surface instrumentation.
A university lecturer and researcher, her work has focused specifically on an evidence-based approach to periodontology, and her contributions to the development of effective, reproducible protocols are recognised worldwide. Her approach to instrumentation and the initial phase of periodontal therapy enables participants to develop greater precision, tactile awareness, and clinical control.
She has led numerous clinical trials and trained generations of dentists and dental hygienists in effective and efficient subgingival instrumentation.
PROFESSIONALS
La Faculty
The clinicians and researchers you will be working with do not simply teach periodontology; they practise it, publish it and advance it, every single day, at both clinical and academic level.
The Campus gives you direct access to their thinking, their protocols and the way they approach the problems you face in your daily clinical practice.
Who is
Filippo Graziani
Filippo Graziani is one of the foremost international authorities in periodontology, combining world-class academic research with the highest level of clinical practice.
He is Full Professor of Periodontology at the University of Pisa and Honorary Professor at University College London.
He is the founder of Parocentro, Italy's only practice dedicated exclusively to periodontology, and of Bioperio®, the Italian Network for Periodontitis Care. With over 180 scientific publications to his name, he plays an active role in developing the most advanced protocols for the management of periodontal diseases, with a focus on integrating scientific evidence with clinical application and a commitment to preserving patients' natural teeth for life.
One of only three Italians ever to have served as President of the European Federation of Periodontology.
Who is
Cristiano Tomasi
Cristiano Tomasi is one of Europe's leading figures in periodontal therapy, combining rigorous scientific research with everyday clinical practice.
Professor of Periodontology at the University of Gothenburg, he has spent years developing and validating periodontal protocols — evidence-based, yet always grounded in real-world application.
His expertise centres on the management of periodontal patients across all phases of treatment, with a particular focus on peri-implant disease. His approach brings clarity to complexity, offering clinicians sound criteria for assessing, planning, and managing cases with greater confidence.
Who is
Jeanie Suvan
Jeanie Suvan is one of the leading international figures in non-surgical periodontal therapy and root surface instrumentation.
A university lecturer and researcher, her work has focused specifically on an evidence-based approach to periodontology, and her contributions to the development of effective, reproducible protocols are recognised worldwide. Her approach to instrumentation and the initial phase of periodontal therapy enables participants to develop greater precision, tactile awareness, and clinical control.
She has led numerous clinical trials and trained generations of dentists and dental hygienists in effective and efficient subgingival instrumentation.
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Distinguished Contributors
Who is
Anna Laura Piccinini
Dr. Piccinini graduated with Academic Honors from the University of Florence.
She has been practicing dentistry as a freelance professional since 2021, collaborating with several dental practices in the provinces of Florence and Pisa, focused primarily on conservative dentistry and periodontology.
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Course Programme
Knowledge and Plenty of Hands-On Practice.
Condividi tempo di valore con la nostra Faculty internazionale e colleghi professionisti! Assumi prospettive diverse, chiarisci più velocemente i dubbi e costruisci un confronto reale.
E dopo il corso? Tutti i nostri ex-corsisti hanno uno spazio digitale e fisico di confronto. Costantemente allineati grazie ad un’offerta continua.
Day 1
Sharpening Your Diagnostic Eye:
Precise Case Reading and First Steps into Practice
Day one rewires your clinical foundations.
- Modern periodontology: the challenge facing today's dental professional
- Screening and diagnosis of periodontal and gingival conditions
- Clinical charting, probing calibration, and systematic data collection
- Case interpretation and classification
Format:
- Plenary sessions to build the full clinical picture
- Small-group masterclasses
- First pre-clinical exercises
- From theory into simulation
We’ll wrap up the day with drinks and dinner: an informal chance to to unwind and talk shop (and more!) with the faculty and fellow peers
Day 2
Active Subgingival Therapy and Advanced Clinical Practice
Day two consolidates your new skills and puts them firmly into practice.
Programme Content:
- Foundations of Non-Surgical Therapy: The rationale behind effective periodontal management.
- Complex Treatment Planning: Integrating advanced oral hygiene and patient-led care.
- The Patient Journey: Mastering smoking cessation interventions and long-term engagement.
- Steps 1 & 2 (NSPT): In-depth protocols for non-surgical periodontal therapy.
- Core Instrumentation: Essential principles for modern subgingival debridement.
Learning Format:
- Advanced Practical Sessions: Building tactile sensitivity, dexterity, and instrument control.
- Clinical Simulation: Subgingival instrumentation on high-fidelity models and supervised practice.
- Outcome Analysis: Reviewing clinical results and navigating complex case discussions.
- Clinical Protocols: Exploring full-mouth disinfection, debridement strategies, and tailored approaches.
Evening: A stroll through the heart of Pisa followed by dinner, a great opportunity to relax and share ideas with the rest of the group.
Day 3
SPC, Peri-Implant Disease and Long-Term Management
Achieve outstanding clinical results—and learn how to sustain them over time
The final day focuses on the long-term success of your cases and how to embed the Periocampus method into your daily workflow:
Programme Content:
- Supportive Periodontal Care (Step 4): Designing bespoke SPC protocols, recall intervals, and monitoring.
- Managing Disease Recurrence: Defining clear escalation criteria to maintain clinical stability.
- The Peri-Implant Challenge: Effective non-surgical management of mucositis and peri-implantitis.
- Periodontal Medicine: Systemic health associations and their real-world clinical implications.
- Clinical Photography: Modern techniques for precise documentation and case monitoring.
- Communication & Commitment: Language and framing to secure long-term patient adherence.
Learning Format:
- Methodology Consolidation: Integrating all phases of treatment into a coherent clinical vision.
- The Patient-Centred View: Adopting a comprehensive approach to the periodontal patient.
- Practice Structure: Effectively organising a periodontal department within your own clinical environment.
What’s included?
Your experience in Pisa is designed for total immersion. We handle everything from accommodation to evening meals, creating a dedicated environment where you can focus entirely on what matters: your clinical growth.
Your stay is included in the registration fee. We select venues that provide a premium learning environment and a professional atmosphere.
Lunches, evening meals, and coffee breaks are integrated into the schedule. From our opening drinks reception to shared dinners in the heart of the city, we handle the hospitality so you can focus entirely on the programme
You will have full access to all practical sessions with all necessary instruments and materials provided. Our faculty remains present at every stage to guide your progress.
You'll have full access to all practical sessions and won't need to bring anything from home. Our faculty will be with you at every step.
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Venue
A former museum of classical sculpture in the historic heart of Pisa, the Gipsoteca provides a magnificent and unique setting for our Campus.
A True Campus Experience Periocampus Foundation is hosted across multiple selected venues in the historic heart of Pisa, creating a dynamic learning environment that reflects the true spirit of a University Campus.
- Gipsoteca di Arte Antica: Our primary hub for plenary sessions and theoretical deep-dives. This former museum of classical sculpture offers an inspiring, quiet atmosphere perfectly suited for focused clinical study.
- Clinical & Practical Hubs: Specialized spaces within the city centre, fully equipped for high-fidelity simulation and hands-on clinical practice.
All venues are within walking distance of each other, allowing you to immerse yourself in the professional and cultural life of the city as you move between sessions.
Foundation
Diagnosis. Treatment. Long-term results.
If you want to transform your periodontal practice and deliver predictable, high-value care to your patients, the Foundation is the right programme for you.
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FAQ
Foundation covers Steps 0–1–2, focusing on non-surgical periodontal therapy, and is the ideal starting point for those looking to build a solid clinical foundation.
Advanced (Steps 3–4) explores the management of complex patients and surgical techniques, and is recommended for those who have completed Foundation or have equivalent clinical experience.
Many of our Alumni get in touch before committing to a programme, and we are always happy to talk things through. We are confident we can answer any questions you may have to ensure the course aligns with your professional goals.
Absolutely. The full-immersion format alternates between evidence-based theory and intensive practical exercises. Our goal is to ensure that everything you learn can be integrated into your daily practice from the very next day.
Yes. Participant numbers are deliberately kept small to ensure a high standard of teaching and direct, meaningful access to the faculty. We strongly recommend registering promptly, as places are allocated strictly in the order that payments are received.
Registration can be cancelled via a formal written request sent by certified email (PEC) to beequeen33srl@pec.it. Please note that cancellations made fewer than 30 days before the course start date are not eligible for a refund.
Should exceptional circumstances arise, please contact our administrative team as soon as possible at amministrazione@beequeen33.it. We will do our best to explore the available options with you.
To check whether this is possible, please contact amministrazione@beequeen33.it before proceeding with any cancellation.
Not immediately. Your place is officially secured only upon receipt of the initial €500 deposit. As we operate on a first-come, first-served basis, we encourage you to arrange payment promptly to avoid disappointment.
Once your payment is processed, you will receive an official confirmation email with your registration summary. Detailed practical information—including arrival times, directions, and local tips—will be sent to you in the weeks leading up to the Campus.
Yes. A 5% discount applies to group registrations. To request this, please email ciao@periocampus.it with the names and number of participants in your group.
Yes. For clinicians registered in Italy, CME (ECM) credits are fully included in the registration fee. International delegates will receive a formal Certificate of Attendance, which can typically be used to self-certify Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours in your home jurisdiction.
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Still weighing up your options?
If you would like to know more about Periocampus Foundation before making your decision, please do get in touch. Many of our clinicians reach out for a quick chat before booking, and we are always happy to help you find the right fit for your professional goals.
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