This white paper discusses the World Workshop on Oral Medicine V (WWOM V). It highlights its role in developing four systematic reviews on clinical topics in oral medicine. It also discusses the other four reviews carried out by WWOM V, which are important to oral medicine training, practice and research.

This whitepaper discusses chronic pain, its impact on life and its types; it classifies that pain into Intermittent, Persistent, and Breakthrough. The document also highlights information about opioid medications and their use in treating each type of chronic pain.

Periodontal disease associated with implants (peri-implant mucositis and peri-implantitis) is now understood to be primarily the result of microbial growth dynamics as well as host cellular and molecular mechanisms that may be coupled with other exposures such as disease (diabetes, for example), female sex hormones, xerostomia, bruxism, smoking, and poor oral hygiene. This article discusses Xylitol and its potential advantages for treating periodontitis and peri-implantitis.

This white paper discusses the use of ozone therapy in dental practice. The history related to ozone use in dentistry suggests that as far as dental application goes, it is a relatively new therapy, having first been introduced into the clinical arena in the late 90s. In the early 2000s multiple research reports and at least one book was published on the clinical use of ozone to treat dental caries. This article reviews the published literature on Ozone that has accumulated in the literature since then.