VIEWS:

‘I THINK I CAN ... I THOUGHT I COULD’

LAWRENCE H. MESKIN
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 402-403. [PDF]  

LETTERS:

MANAGED CARE AND MEDICINE

Joseph I. Shevenell
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 404. [PDF]  

Editor’s note

J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 404. [PDF]  

THAT OTHER 80 PERCENT

Jan Wade Gilbert
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 404-405. [PDF]  

Author’s response

Harold C. Slavkin
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 405-406. [PDF]  

PERIODONTAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES

Jack P. Chow
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 406. [PDF]  

Editor’s note

J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 406. [PDF]  

CARE QUESTIONED

Louis P. Martin
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 406. [PDF]  

Authors’ response

Eva J. Mertz-Fairhurst, James W. Curtis, Jr., Janet W. Ergle, Fred A. Rueggeberg, and Steven M. Adair
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 406-407. [PDF]  

ETHICS AND HMO PARTICIPATION

Lloyd S. Drucker
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 407. [PDF]  

NEWS:

A HUGE GIFT

J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 416. [PDF]  

ONE LESS REASON TO BE ANXIOUS

J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 416. [PDF]  

ROSS AWARD NOMINATIONS DUE IN JUNE

J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 416-420. [PDF]  

QUESTION OF THE MONTH

J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 418. [PDF]  

GUIDE TO DENTAL THERAPEUTICS DOSAGE CORRECTION

J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 420. [PDF]  

CORRECTION

J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 420. [PDF]  

MEETINGS

J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 420-422. [PDF]  

APPOINTMENTS/ELECTIONS/AWARDS

J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 422. [PDF]  

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 422-423. [PDF]  

HEALTH MEDIA WATCH:

THINKING ALIKE

J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 423-424. [PDF]  

TOOTH CRACK CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS INTRODUCED

J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 424. [PDF]  

ANXIOUS YOUNG PATIENTS

J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 424-425. [PDF]  

BOOK REVIEWS:

ORTHODONTIC MANAGEMENT OF THE DENTITION WITH THE PREADJUSTED APPLIANCE: By Drs. John C. Bennett and Richard P. McLaughlin, Bradford, England, Isis Medical Media Ltd., 380 pages, $255, 1997, ISBN 1899066918

Pramod K. Sinha
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 425. [PDF]  

BOOKS RECEIVED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY SERVICES

J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 426. [PDF]  

CYBERNEWS:

CyberNews

J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 427. [PDF]  

COVER STORY:

Access to Dental Care in the United States: ESTIMATES FROM A 1994 SURVEY

CURT D. MUELLER, CLAUDIA L. SCHUR, and L. CLARK PARAMORE
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 429-437. [Abstract] [PDF]  

RESEARCH:

PREDICTING CHRONICITY IN ACUTE TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS USING THE RESEARCH DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA

JOHN P. GAROFALO, ROBERT J. GATCHEL, A. LAVONNE WESLEY, and EDWARD ELLIS, III
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 438-447. [Abstract] [PDF]  

ROOT-SURFACE CARIES FORMATION: EFFECT OF IN VITRO APF TREATMENT

M. JOHN HICKS, CATHERINE M. FLAITZ, and FRANKLIN GARCIA-GODOY
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 449-453. [Abstract] [PDF]  

CLINICAL PRACTICE:

DENTIN-BONDED ALL-CERAMIC CROWNS: CURRENT STATUS

F.J. TREVOR BURKE, ALISON J.E. QUALTROUGH, and RICHARD W. HALE
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 455-460. [Abstract] [PDF]  

INTERPRETING VITAL SIGN PROFILES FOR MAXIMIZING PATIENT SAFETY DURING DENTAL VISITS

FRANK J. RAAB, ERWIN M. SCHAFFER, GERMAINE GUILLAUME-CORNELISSEN, and FRANZ HALBERG
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 461-469. [Abstract] [PDF]  

TREATING LOCALIZED REFRACTORY IDIOPATHIC GINGIVITIS WITH SUPEROXOL

STEPHEN J. MERAW and CHARLES M. REEVE
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 470-472. [Abstract] [PDF]  

OBSERVATIONS:

TOWARD INCREASED SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY IN THE TREATMENT OF NEOPLASTIC DISEASES

HAROLD C. SLAVKIN
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 473-478. [PDF]  

AIR ABRASION TOOTH CUTTING: STATE OF THE ART 1998

GORDON J. CHRISTENSEN
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 484-485. [PDF]  

CLINICAL DIRECTIONS:

CHEMICAL HEMOSTASIS FOR PROSTHETIC RECEMENTATIONS

BARRY F. MCARDLE
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 488. [PDF]  

A SIMPLE TECHNIQUE FOR OPERATORY PLACEMENT OF OVERDENTURE ATTACHMENTS

FRANCIS J. SMITHGALL
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 489. [PDF]  

DENTISTRY AND THE LAW:

What process is due?

PETER M. SFIKAS
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 490-492. [PDF]  

ASSOCIATION REPORT:

DENTAL AMALGAM: UPDATE ON SAFETY CONCERNS

ADA COUNCIL ON SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 494-503. [Abstract] [PDF]  

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