VIEWS:

Giving back: Are you doing your part?

MARJORIE K. JEFFCOAT
J Am Dent Assoc 2003; 134: 1428-1429. [Full Text] [PDF]  

LETTERS:

EVIDENCE-BASED DENTISTRY

Kevin W. Toal
J Am Dent Assoc 2003; 134: 1430. [Full Text] [PDF]  

DENTAL EDUCATION

Robert Blashka
J Am Dent Assoc 2003; 134: 1430-1431. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Editor’s note

J Am Dent Assoc 2003; 134: 1431. [Full Text] [PDF]  

BALANCING BUSINESS WITH PROFESSIONALISM

Donald E. Patthoff
J Am Dent Assoc 2003; 134: 1431-1432. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Author’s response

Roger Levin
J Am Dent Assoc 2003; 134: 1432-1433. [Full Text] [PDF]  

LESIONS AND ABFRACTIONS

Michal Staninec
J Am Dent Assoc 2003; 134: 1433. [Full Text] [PDF]  

MORE ABOUT NONCARIOUS LESIONS

William C. Lee
J Am Dent Assoc 2003; 134: 1433-1434. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Authors’ responses to Drs. Staninec and Lee

Luis A. Litonjua
J Am Dent Assoc 2003; 134: 1434. [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEWS:

THIRD DENTAL THERAPEUTICS GUIDE DEBUTS AT ADA SESSION

J Am Dent Assoc 2003; 134: 1444. [Full Text] [PDF]  

JCAHO RE-EMPHASIZES PATIENT SAFETY WITH NEW GOAL

J Am Dent Assoc 2003; 134: 1445. [Full Text] [PDF]  

MEETINGS

J Am Dent Assoc 2003; 134: 1445. [Full Text] [PDF]  

APPOINTMENTS/ELECTIONS/AWARDS

J Am Dent Assoc 2003; 134: 1445-1446. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

J Am Dent Assoc 2003; 134: 1446-1447. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CYBERNEWS:

CYBERNEWS

J Am Dent Assoc 2003; 134: 1452. [Full Text] [PDF]  

COSMETIC & RESTORATIVE CARE:

The implant-supported overdenture as an alternative to the complete mandibular denture

JAMES H. DOUNDOULAKIS, STEVEN E. ECKERT, CLARENCE C. LINDQUIST, and MARJORIE K. JEFFCOAT
J Am Dent Assoc 2003; 134: 1455-1458. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CLINICAL PRACTICE:

Surgical uprighting and repositioning of severely impacted mandibular second molars

CHRISTOPHER P. McABOY, JOSHUA T. GRUMET, ELLIOT B. SIEGEL, and ANTHONY M. IACOPINO
J Am Dent Assoc 2003; 134: 1459-1462. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

RESEARCH:

Galvanic interaction between gold and amalgam: Effect of zinc, time and surface treatments

RICHARD S. WALKER, A. GARDINER WADE, GELSOMINA IAZZETTI, and NIKHIL K. SARKAR
J Am Dent Assoc 2003; 134: 1463-1467. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Comparison of direct digital and conventional intraoral radiographs in detecting alveolar bone loss

AHMED KHOCHT, MALVIN JANAL, LYNN HARASTY, and KUANG-MIN CHANG
J Am Dent Assoc 2003; 134: 1468-1475. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A comparison of two intraosseous anesthetic techniques in mandibular posterior teeth

JULIANE GALLATIN, AL READER, JOHN NUSSTEIN, MIKE BECK, and JOEL WEAVER
J Am Dent Assoc 2003; 134: 1476-1484. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CLINICAL DIRECTIONS:

An alternative way to use gingival retraction paste

MARSHA SMELTZER
J Am Dent Assoc 2003; 134: 1485. [Full Text] [PDF]  

DENTISTRY & MEDICINE:

Prion disease: Possible implications for oral health care

STEPHEN R. PORTER
J Am Dent Assoc 2003; 134: 1486-1491. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PRACTICAL SCIENCE:

Lack of a scientific basis for routine discontinuation of oral anticoagulation therapy before dental treatment

ARTHUR H. JESKE and GEORGE D. SUCHKO
J Am Dent Assoc 2003; 134: 1492-1497. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ASSOCIATION REPORT:

Dental mercury hygiene recommendations

ADA COUNCIL ON SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS
J Am Dent Assoc 2003; 134: 1498-1499. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT:

Value gaps in dental practice: Understanding how differences in core values can adversely affect the practice

PHILIP NEWSOME and IRA S. WOLFE
J Am Dent Assoc 2003; 134: 1500-1504. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

TRENDS:

Michigan Medicaid’s Healthy Kids Dental program: An assessment of the first 12 months

STEPHEN A. EKLUND, JAMES L. PITTMAN, and SARAH J. CLARK
J Am Dent Assoc 2003; 134: 1509-1515. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

OBSERVATIONS:

What is the role of specialties in dentistry?

GORDON J. CHRISTENSEN
J Am Dent Assoc 2003; 134: 1517-1519. [Full Text] [PDF]  

A BETTER PRACTICE:

The power of values

Roger P. Levin
J Am Dent Assoc 2003; 134: 1520-1521. [Full Text] [PDF]  

DENTISTRY & THE LAW:

The Aetna settlement could be a model for the industry

PETER M. SFIKAS
J Am Dent Assoc 2003; 134: 1522-1523. [Full Text] [PDF]  

FOR THE DENTAL PATIENT . . .:

Receiving antibiotics before dental treatment

J Am Dent Assoc 2003; 134: 1543. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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