COMMENTARY:

A Bridge to Peace: How Health Professionals Can Help

Michael Glick
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LETTERS:

DOUBLE TROUBLE

Greg Tuttle
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JAW PAIN

Mark H. Friedman
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Authors’ response

Ramesh Balasubramaniam, Andres Pinto, and Martin Greenberg
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HANDLING OF DHAT STUDY QUESTIONED

Jay D. Shulman
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Editor’s note

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NEWS:

JADA ONLINE DOWNLOADS HIT RECORD HIGH

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TOOTH LOSS ASSOCIATED WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, STUDY FINDS

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JADA Preview

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ORAL RINSES MAY HELP DETECT HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS–POSITIVE HEAD, NECK CANCERS

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CORRECTION

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MEETINGS

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APPOINTMENTS/ELECTIONS/AWARDS

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

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COVER STORY:

Oral involvement in primary Sjögren syndrome

Philip C. Fox, Simon J. Bowman, Barbara Segal, Frederick B. Vivino, Nandita Murukutla, Karen Choueiri, Sarika Ogale, and Lachy McLean
J Am Dent Assoc 2008; 139: 1592-1601. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

CLINICAL PRACTICE:

The impact of polyol-containing chewing gums on dental caries: A systematic review of original randomized controlled trials and observational studies

Amol Deshpande and Alejandro R. Jadad
J Am Dent Assoc 2008; 139: 1602-1614. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

Trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias: A review and implications for dentistry

Ramesh Balasubramaniam, Gary D. Klasser, and Robert Delcanho
J Am Dent Assoc 2008; 139: 1616-1624. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Necrosis of the skin of the chin: A possible complication of inferior alveolar nerve block injection

Eulàlia Torrente-Castells, Jordi Gargallo-Albiol, Alfonso Rodríguez-Baeza, Leonardo Berini-Aytés, and Cosme Gay-Escoda
J Am Dent Assoc 2008; 139: 1625-1630. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

RESEARCH:

A usability evaluation of four commercial dental computer-based patient record systems

Thankam P. Thyvalikakath, Valerie Monaco, Hima Bindu Thambuganipalle, and Titus Schleyer
J Am Dent Assoc 2008; 139: 1632-1642. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A survey of oral and maxillofacial surgeons’ tobacco-use–related knowledge, attitudes and intervention behaviors

Karen M. Crews, Christine E. Sheffer, Thomas J. Payne, Bradford W. Applegate, Andrew Martin, and Trey Sutton
J Am Dent Assoc 2008; 139: 1643-1651. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The efficacy of a highly concentrated fluoride dentifrice on bovine enamel subjected to erosion and abrasion

Daniela Rios, Ana Carolina Magalhães, Renata Ocon Braga Polo, Annette Wiegand, Thomas Attin, and Marilia Afonso Rabelo Buzalaf
J Am Dent Assoc 2008; 139: 1652-1656. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

TRENDS:

Racial and ethnic disparities in nontraumatic dental-condition visits to emergency departments and physician offices: A study of the Wisconsin Medicaid program

Christopher Okunseri, Nicholas M. Pajewski, David C. Brousseau, Sandy Tomany-Korman, Andrew Snyder, and Glenn Flores
J Am Dent Assoc 2008; 139: 1657-1666. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Preventing dentists’ involvement in torture: The developmental history of a new international declaration

Richard D. Speers, Wolter G. Brands, Emilio Nuzzolese, Denny Smith, Peter B.F. Swiss, Marcel van Woensel, and Jos V.M. Welie
J Am Dent Assoc 2008; 139: 1667-1673. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ASSOCIATION REPORT:

Updated recommendations for managing the care of patients receiving oral bisphosphonate therapy: An advisory statement from the American Dental Association Council on Scientific Affairs

Beatrice J. Edwards, John W. Hellstein, Peter L. Jacobsen, Steven Kaltman, Angelo Mariotti, Cesar A. Migliorati; and for the American Dental Association Council on Scientific Affairs Expert Panel on Bisphosphonate-Associated Osteonecrosis of the Jaw
J Am Dent Assoc 2008; 139: 1674-1677. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

OBSERVATIONS:

Salvaging crowns and fixed prostheses: When and how to do it

Gordon J. Christensen
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A BETTER PRACTICE:

Thriving in the current economy

Roger P. Levin
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ETHICAL MOMENT:

MAY I ETHICALLY DISCONTINUE TREATING AN OVERANXIOUS PATIENT?

J Am Dent Assoc 2008; 139: 1685-1686. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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