VIEWS:

‘PUBLIC HEALTH MALPRACTICE, PLAIN AND SIMPLE’

LAWRENCE H. MESKIN
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1191-1192. [PDF]  

LETTERS:

NIDR AND OTHER FACTORS

Kevin W. Toal
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1192-1193. [PDF]  

Editor’s note

J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1193. [PDF]  

INVADING THE ORAL CAVITY

T.C. Webber
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1193. [PDF]  

Editor’s note

J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1193-1194. [PDF]  

ABOUT DIAMOND BURS

Mike Logan
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1194. [PDF]  

Authors’ response

S.C. Siegel and J.A. von Fraunhofer
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1194-1195. [PDF]  

INSURANCE STANDARDS

Jeffrey S. Zaller
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1195. [PDF]  

Editor’s note

J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1195. [PDF]  

INTERESTED IN SCIENCE

Elliot Abt
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1195-1196. [PDF]  

SENSITIVITY AND LASER TREATMENT

Stuart Coleton
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1196. [PDF]  

Author’s response

Gordon J. Christensen
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1196. [PDF]  

DENTAL FISSURE CARIES

Walter A. Doyle and Chris Baker
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1196. [PDF]  

NEWS:

JADA BOOSTS CDE CREDITS, BUT NOT MONTHLY CDE FEE

J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1208. [PDF]  

STRESS CAUSES SLOW HEALING

J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1208-1210. [PDF]  

QUESTION OF THE MONTH

J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1209. [PDF]  

CORRECTIONS

J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1210. [PDF]  

MEETINGS

J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1210. [PDF]  

APPOINTMENTS/ELECTIONS/AWARDS

J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1210-1211. [PDF]  

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1211-1212. [PDF]  

HEALTH MEDIA WATCH:

STUDY LINKING FLUORIDE AND ALZHEIMER’S UNDER SCRUTINY

J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1212-1213. [PDF]  

BOOK REVIEWS:

PERIODONTOLOGY: By Peter Heasman, Philip Preshaw and David Smith, New York, Churchill Livingstone, 1997, 138 pages, $21.95, ISBN 1-443-05705-2

Philip J. Sheridan
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1213-1214. [PDF]  

TOBACCO AND YOUR ORAL HEALTH: By Arden G. Christen, Carol Stream, Ill., Quintessence, 1997, 35 pages, $22, ISBN 0-86715-326-1

Irwin D. Mandel
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1214. [PDF]  

BOOKS RECEIVED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY SERVICES

J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1214-1215. [PDF]  

CYBERNEWS:

CyberNews

J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1224. [PDF]  

COVER STORY:

Sociodemographic Distribution of Pediatric Dental Caries: NHANES III, 1988–1994

CLEMENCIA M. VARGAS, JAMES J. CRALL, and DONALD A. SCHNEIDER
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1229-1238. [Abstract] [PDF]  

RESEARCH:

AEROSOL AND SPLATTER CONTAMINATION FROM THE OPERATIVE SITE DURING ULTRASONIC SCALING

STEVE K. HARREL, JAMES B. BARNES, and FRANCISCO RIVERA-HIDALGO
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1241-1249. [Abstract] [PDF]  

THE EFFICACY OF AN INTRAORAL FLUORIDE-RELEASING SYSTEM IN IRRADIATED HEAD AND NECK CANCER PATIENTS: A PRELIMINARY STUDY

CYRIL MEYEROWITZ and GENE E. WATSON, II
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1252-1259. [Abstract] [PDF]  

CLINICAL PRACTICE:

HOW DENTITION STATUS AND MASTICATORY FUNCTION AFFECT NUTRIENT INTAKE

ELIZABETH KRALL, CATHERINE HAYES, and RAUL GARCIA
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1261-1269. [Abstract] [PDF]  

ELEVEN MYTHS OF DENTOALVEOLAR SURGERY

ROGER E. ALEXANDER
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1271-1279. [Abstract] [PDF]  

SELECTING DRUGS FOR THE PREGNANT DENTAL PATIENT

PAUL A. MOORE
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1281-1286. [Abstract] [PDF]  

CLINICAL DIRECTIONS:

A SIMPLE TECHNIQUE FOR ADJUSTING AND POLISHING A SOFT SPLINT

EDWARD F. WRIGHT
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1287-1289. [PDF]  

TRENDS:

DENTAL PROCEDURE FEES 1975 THROUGH 1995: HOW MUCH HAVE THEY CHANGED?

L. JACKSON BROWN and VICKIE LAZAR
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1291-1295. [Abstract] [PDF]  

OBSERVATIONS:

PULP CAPPING 1998

GORDON J. CHRISTENSEN
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1297-1299. [PDF]  

BUILDING A DYNAMIC PICTURE OF THE DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL COMPLEX: PROGRESS IN IMAGING

HAROLD C. SLAVKIN
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1301-1306. [PDF]  

DENTISTRY AND THE LAW:

The INAPPROPRIATE Patient: A member of your office staff claims she is being sexually harassed by one of your patients. What is your legal obligation?

PETER M. SFIKAS
J Am Dent Assoc 1998; 129: 1312-1314. [PDF]  

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