COMMENTARY:

Lessons Learned: Implications for Workforce Change

O.T. Wendel and Michael Glick
J Am Dent Assoc 2008; 139: 232-234. [Full Text] [PDF]  

LETTERS:

Postoperative Pain

Norman R. Wilhelmsen
J Am Dent Assoc 2008; 139: 236. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dental Impression Wafers

Eric Schroeder
J Am Dent Assoc 2008; 139: 236. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Data Questioned

David A. Tesini
J Am Dent Assoc 2008; 139: 236-238. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Authors’ Response

L. Jack Windsor and Mark A. Ellis
J Am Dent Assoc 2008; 139: 238-245. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Post and Core

Richard E. Levitt
J Am Dent Assoc 2008; 139: 245. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Authors’ Response

Senay Canay and Bahadir Ersu
J Am Dent Assoc 2008; 139: 245. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Multisystem Diseases

Andrew Tanchyk and Amy Tanchyk
J Am Dent Assoc 2008; 139: 245-246. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Author’s Response

Indraneel Bhattacharyya
J Am Dent Assoc 2008; 139: 246-248. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Author’s Response

Scott S. De Rossi
J Am Dent Assoc 2008; 139: 248. [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEWS:

Osteoporosis Drugs Triple Risk of Bone Necrosis

J Am Dent Assoc 2008; 139: 251. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Winemaking Waste Effective Against Caries-Causing Bacteria

J Am Dent Assoc 2008; 139: 251. [Full Text] [PDF]  

JADA Preview

J Am Dent Assoc 2008; 139: 251. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Correction

J Am Dent Assoc 2008; 139: 252-253. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Appointments/Elections/Awards

J Am Dent Assoc 2008; 139: 253. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Calendar of Events

J Am Dent Assoc 2008; 139: 253-255. [Full Text] [PDF]  

COVER STORY:

Evidence-Based Clinical Recommendations for the Use of Pit-and-Fissure Sealants: A Report of the American Dental Association Council on Scientific Affairs

Jean Beauchamp, Page W. Caufield, James J. Crall, Kevin Donly, Robert Feigal, Barbara Gooch, Amid Ismail, William Kohn, Mark Siegal, and Richard Simonsen
J Am Dent Assoc 2008; 139: 257-268. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

The Effect of Dental Sealants on Bacteria Levels in Caries Lesions: A Review of the Evidence

Ella M. Oong, Susan O. Griffin, William G. Kohn, Barbara F. Gooch, and Page W. Caufield
J Am Dent Assoc 2008; 139: 271-278. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Exploring Four-Handed Delivery and Retention of Resin-Based Sealants

Susan O. Griffin, Kari Jones, Shellie Kolavic Gray, Dolores M. Malvitz, and Barbara F. Gooch
J Am Dent Assoc 2008; 139: 281-289. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CLINICAL PRACTICE:

Salivary Dysfunction and Quality of Life in Sjögren Syndrome: A Critical Oral-Systemic Connection

Carol M. Stewart, Kathleen M. Berg, Seunghee Cha, and Westley H. Reeves
J Am Dent Assoc 2008; 139: 291-299. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

A Mass in the Temporomandibular Joint

Deepak Kademani and Christopher Bevin
J Am Dent Assoc 2008; 139: 301-303. [Full Text] [PDF]  

RESEARCH:

Direct Pulp Capping With Mineral Trioxide Aggregate: An Observational Study

George Bogen, Jay S. Kim, and Leif K. Bakland
J Am Dent Assoc 2008; 139: 305-315. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brief Relaxation Versus Music Distraction in the Treatment of Dental Anxiety: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Claas Lahmann, Rainer Schoen, Peter Henningsen, Joram Ronel, Moritz Muehlbacher, Thomas Loew, Karin Tritt, Marius Nickel, and Stephan Doering
J Am Dent Assoc 2008; 139: 317-324. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Factors Associated With Access to Dental Care for Children With Special Health Care Needs

Debra Kane, Nicholas Mosca, Marianne Zotti, and Renee Schwalberg
J Am Dent Assoc 2008; 139: 326-333. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

JOURNALSCAN:

JOURNALSCAN

Michael L. Barnett
J Am Dent Assoc 2008; 139: 335-337. [Full Text] [PDF]  

TRENDS:

Preparing Practicing Dentists to Engage in Practice-Based Research

Timothy A. DeRouen, Philippe Hujoel, Brian Leroux, Lloyd Mancl, Jeffrey Sherman, Thomas Hilton, Joel Berg, Jack Ferracane; and for the Northwest Practice-based REsearch Collaborative in Evidence-based DENTistry (PRECEDENT)
J Am Dent Assoc 2008; 139: 339-345. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

OBSERVATIONS:

The Challenge to Conventional Impressions

Gordon J. Christensen
J Am Dent Assoc 2008; 139: 347-349. [Full Text] [PDF]  

A BETTER PRACTICE:

The ABCs of Increasing Referrals

Roger P. Levin
J Am Dent Assoc 2008; 139: 351-352. [Full Text] [PDF]  

ETHICAL MOMENT:

What Ethical Issues Should a Dentist Consider When Providing Expert Testimony in a Judicial or Administrative Action?

J Am Dent Assoc 2008; 139: 354-355. [Full Text] [PDF]  

FOR THE DENTAL PATIENT ...:

Dental Sealants: Preventing and Halting Decay

J Am Dent Assoc 2008; 139: 380. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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