IMPORTANCE It is unclear how medical journals address authors' financial and non-financial conflict of interest (COI). OBJECTIVE To assess the policies of clinical journals for disclosure of financial and non-financial COI. METHODS Cross sectional study that included both review of public documents as well as a simulation of a manuscript submission for the National Library of Medicine's "co...

OBJECTIVES The objective of the present systematic review was to test the hypothesis of no difference in transverse skeletal and dental arch expansion and relapse after segmental Le Fort I osteotomy versus surgically assisted rapid maxillary expansion. MATERIAL AND METHODS A MEDLINE (PubMed), Embase and Cochrane library search in combination with a hand-search of relevant journals was conduct...

PURPOSE Dental implant has gained clinical success over last decade with the major drawback related to osseointegration as properties of metal (Titanium) are different from human bone. Currently implant procedures include endosseous type of dental implants with nanoscale surface characteristics. The objective of this review article is to summarize the role of nanotopography on titanium dental i...

Our survey results are based on feedback from 50 publishers (both large and small) based in the US, Canada, the UK, Europe, Japan and Australia. The survey’s emphasis is on web-based full text journals (frequently the electronic versions of existing peer-reviewed scholarly print journals). The core topics in the survey were selected from the vantage point of a subscription agent involved in han...

BACKGROUND Molar-incisor Hypomineralisation (MIH) is considered as a global dental problem. There is little knowledge of general dental practitioners (GDPs) and dental specialists (DSs) about this condition in different parts of the world, particularly in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Hence, this study has been carried out to assess the knowledge of GDPS and DSs in Kuwait about MIH ...

The above two books by dental scientists have been received by this editor for review. The first is intended for use by dentists and dental students, as was the first edition. Many dental researchers have contributed to this updated survey of dental uses of fluoride. What is remarkable about Fluoride in Dentistry (2nd Edition), especially to anyone concerned with a more interdisciplinary approa...

The present study offers a literature review of the main oral complications observed in women during pregnancy and menopause, and describes the different dental management protocols used during these periods and during lactation, according to the scientific literature. To this effect, a PubMed-Medline search was made, using the following key word combinations: “pregnant and dentistry”, “lactati...

This article inductively examines the question of the IS field’s core. We argue that as a socially constructed field, the core aspects of IS can be identified from the work conducted and published by members of the IS community. The abstracts (including titles) of 1,197 IS studies in three premier IS journals for the past 26 years were examined to identify the core of the field and explore its ...