Abstract Objectives To evaluate the type of peer review blinding used in highly ranked dental journals and to discuss influence approaches on process. Methods All 91 classified by impact factor (IF) had their websites scrutinised for submissions. If information was not reported, were contacted obtain information. Linear logistic regression applied association between IF. Results The selected re...

A hybrid search strategy, using lexical and citation based methods, is presented in this paper as a robust method to delineate the broad field of cardiovascular research. Overall, this study aims to provide scientifically reliable and accurate data driven evidence about cardiovascular research by establishing a dataset of published research in this field. A workflow is presented that outlines t...

The Journal of Transcultural Nursing, the TCNS, and SAGE have collaborated to publish a new concept in journals publishing, a Core Curriculum for Transcultural Nursing and Health Care. The Core Curriculum is the culmination of many years of research, drawing from the fields of social and behavioral science, philosophy, and nursing to establish a core of knowledge that supports transcultural nur...

BACKGROUND Heart murmurs, a common finding in dental patients, are of major concern to dental professionals because certain dental procedures occasionally can induce severe cardiovascular complications. Murmurs may indicate existing heart disease that is a risk factor for infective endocarditis following a dental procedure, as well as more severe heart conditions such as congenital heart diseas...

Several epidemiological studies have analyzed the association between oral health and social development. However, the use of different variables assessing socioeconomic status impairs the comparative analysis of their findings. The present study describes how recent dental studies have classified population segments according to categories of social stratification. We selected 86 papers on soc...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to examine the experiences of dental hygiene students providing services to unserved and underserved children in a school-based collaboration between a dental school, school district and Extended Care Permit I (ECP-I) dental hygienist in Kansas. METHODS Following comprehensive preventive oral health care services to children in 4 schools supervised by an ...

INTRODUCTION Worldwide the use of amalgam has declined and mercury-containing products are banned in several countries. National and international opinions on amalgam were recently discussed in journals. According to surveys, significant time is spent on the teaching of amalgam in American, Canadian, Irish and United Kingdom Dental Schools. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To i) investigate the teaching a...

Most pediatric dentists provide clinical and after-hours care for dental injuries in their private offices, clinics and hospitals. They are trained and capable to perform the surgery, fracture reduction, splinting and single root endodontic treatment that are part and parcel of dental trauma management. However, for many clinicians, specialists included, dental trauma cases present infrequently...