In 2017, a Joint European Federation of Periodontology (EFP) and American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) Workshop was held in Chicago to form a consensus on a new classification of periodontal diseases (Papapanou et al, 2018; Tonetti et al, 2018). Four working groups produced a consensus report which was published in June 2018 and an excellent overview of the scheme was published in Ireland (Kin & Reynolds, 2019). The focus of this article is to raise awareness amongst all clinicians in relation to periodontitis where there has been a significant change of ethos and to highlight potential implementation strategies in general practice.