VIEWS:

A FEW PIERCING THOUGHTS

LAWRENCE H. MESKIN
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1519-1520. [PDF]  

LETTERS:

BOUNDED EDENTULOUS SPACES

John G. Warnick
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1521. [PDF]  

‘GET THE GOVERNMENT OUT OF MY LIFE’

Gregory W. Dimmich
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1521-1522. [PDF]  

AEROSOL AND SPLATTER

John M. Young
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1522. [PDF]  

WHO’S IN CHARGE? YOU ARE

C.R. Hoopingarner
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1522-1523. [PDF]  

REVEALING SMILE

David C. Page
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1523. [PDF]  

DENTOALVEOLAR SURGERY

Raymond F. Zambito
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1523. [PDF]  

NEWS:

PILOT PROGRAM LAUNCHED FOR PREDENTAL STUDENTS

J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1528. [PDF]  

WINE MAY BE LESS CARCINOGENIC THAN BEER OR HARD ALCOHOL

J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1528. [PDF]  

NEW TREATMENT HELPS PATIENTS BREATHE EASIER

J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1528-1530. [PDF]  

QUESTION OF THE MONTH

J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1529. [PDF]  

MEETINGS

J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1530. [PDF]  

APPOINTMENTS/ELECTIONS/AWARDS

J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1530-1531. [PDF]  

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1531-1532. [PDF]  

HEALTH MEDIA WATCH:

TREATING RARE LOCAL ANESTHESIA COMPLICATIONS

J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1533-1534. [PDF]  

LESSONS IN PAIN

J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1533. [PDF]  

BOOK REVIEWS:

JONG’S COMMUNITY DENTAL HEALTH (4TH ED.): By George M. Gluck and Warren M. Morganstein, St. Louis, Don E. Ladig, 370 pages, $41, 1998, ISBN 0-8151-3488-6

Linda M. Kaste
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1534-1535. [PDF]  

BOOKS RECEIVED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY SERVICES

J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1535. [PDF]  

CYBERNEWS:

CyberNews

J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1544. [PDF]  

COVER STORY:

AMALGAM AT THE NEW MILLENNIUM

THOMAS G. BERRY, JAMES B. SUMMITT, ALBERT K.H. CHUNG, and JOHN W. OSBORNE
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1547-1556. [Abstract] [PDF]  

RESEARCH:

TRENDS IN PER-PATIENT GROSS INCOME TO DENTAL PRACTICES FROM INSURED PATIENTS, 1980–1995

STEPHEN A. EKLUND, JAMES L. PITTMAN, and ROGER C. SMITH
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1559-1565. [Abstract] [PDF]  

USING A BIOLOGICAL INDICATOR TO DETECT POTENTIAL SOURCES OF CROSS-CONTAMINATION IN THE DENTAL OPERATORY

RAYMOND W. HACKNEY, JR., JAMES J. CRAWFORD, and JERRY J. TULIS
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1567-1577. [Abstract] [PDF]  

CLINICAL PRACTICE:

CARIES PREVENTION IN THE 21ST CENTURY

ANTHONY E. WINSTON and SINDY N. BHASKAR
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1579-1587. [Abstract] [PDF]  

NEW GUIDELINES FOR PREVENTION, DETECTION, EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

MICHAEL GLICK
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1588-1594. [Abstract] [PDF]  

MANDIBULAR METASTASIS OF ENDOMETRIAL CARCINOMA DIAGNOSED VIA A DENTAL RADIOGRAPH

DOUGLAS M. GALEN
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1595-1598. [Abstract] [PDF]  

CLINICAL DIRECTIONS:

SIMPLIFYING DUAL-ARCH IMPRESSIONS

TERENCE A. IMBERY
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1599-1600. [PDF]  

REPLACING COMPOUND WITH COMPOSITE RESIN FOR QUICK AND EFFICIENT MATRICES

KARL F. WOODMANSEY
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1601-1602. [PDF]  

OBSERVATIONS:

WHY CLEAN YOUR TONGUE?

GORDON J. CHRISTENSEN
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1605-1607. [PDF]  

DISEASES AND DISORDERS THAT OPEN A SEAM BETWEEN THE FACE AND THE SELF

HAROLD C. SLAVKIN
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1608-1611. [PDF]  

DENTISTRY AND THE LAW:

Informed Consent and the Law

PETER M. SFIKAS
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1613-1614. [PDF]  

TRENDS:

TREND ANALYSIS OF DENTAL EXPENDITURES BY SELECTED DENTIST AND PRACTICE CHARACTERISTICS, 1985–1995

L. JACKSON BROWN and VICKIE LAZAR
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1615-1621. [Abstract] [PDF]  

ADVANCES IN DENTAL PRODUCTS:

THE EFFECT OF CHEWING SUGAR-FREE GUM AFTER MEALS ON CLINICAL CARIES INCIDENCE

BRADLEY B. BEISWANGER, A. ELIAS BONETA, MELISSA S. MAU, BARRY P. KATZ, HOWARD M. PROSKIN, and GEORGE K. STOOKEY
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1623-1626. [Abstract] [PDF]  

ASSOCIATION REPORT:

STATEMENT ON POSTERIOR RESIN-BASED COMPOSITES

ADA COUNCIL ON SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS; and ADA COUNCIL ON DENTAL BENEFIT PROGRAMS
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1627-1628. [PDF]  

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