Committees
The society has 20 standing committees.

1. Research Committee,
chaired by Shogo TAKASHIBA,
deliberates matters concerning the periodontal research on team projects and The JAPANESE SOCIETY OF PERIODONTOLOGY AWARD.

2. Periodontal Medicine Committee,
chaired by Taneaki NAKAGAWA,
deliberates matters concerning periodontitis and whole body disease.

3. Dental Health Service Systems Committee,
chaired by Kazuhiro GOMI,
deliberates the topic on "A guide of periodontal disease therapy".

4. Medical safety Committee,
chaired by Hiroyuki KAWAGUCHI,
deliberates the topic on "Medical safety Committee".

5. JSP Periodontist Committee,
chaired by Hiroshi NAKAYA,
discusses the activist system and selects the applicants as the activist.

6. JSP Board Certified Periodontist Committee,
chaired by Nobuo YOSHINARI,
discusses the specialist system and selects the applicants as the specialists.

7. Dental Implant Committee,
chaired by Jun-ichi TATSUMI,
deliberates matters concerning implants in periodontal therapy.

8. Dental Hygienist Related Committee,
chaired by Shin-ichi ARAKAWA,
deliberates on the concepts of the fields of the periodontal disease therapy and co dental staffs.

9. Educational Committee,
chaired by Makoto UMEDA,
deliberates matters concerning undergraduate curriculum and student practice.

10. Editorial Committee,
chaired by So SATO,
editor of The Journal of the Japanese Society of Periodontology.

11. Scientific Terminology Committee,
chaired by Kazuyuki NOGUCHI,
deliberates matters concerning the publication of periodontal terminologies.

12. Public Relation Committee,
chaired by Akio MITANI,
deliberates matters concerning public relation and web sites.

13. Clinical Training Program Committee,
chaired by Ko-ichi TABETA,
deliberates matters concerning clinical training programs.

14. Clinical Data Base Committee,
chaired by Atsuhiro KINOSHITA,
deliberates matters concerning clinical Data Bases.

15. Planning Committee,
chaired by Atsushi SAITO,
deliberates matters concerning planning of meetings and participation of co dental staffs.

16. Health Support Committee,
chaired by Koji INAGAKI,
deliberates matters concerning health.

17. International Affairs Committee,
chaired by Atsutoshi YOSHIMURA,
deliberates matters concerning international joint meetings.

18. Ethical Committee,
chaired by Hiromichi YUMOTO,
discusses the ethical of researches.

19. Conflict of Interest Committee,
chaired by Takashi YAEGASHI,
deliberates matters concerning periodontitis and whole body (systemic) disease.

20. Constitution and Bylaws Committee,
chaired by Matsuo YAMAMOTO,
deliberates the electoral law and procedure for the president election.