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    OPEN to submissions of research articles and clinical pieces! The latest BDJ special issue focuses on Oral Medicine, all the way from paediatric dentistry to considerations for the older patient. Updates on diagnosis, management and challenges are provided for various conditions, including skin cancer, oral dysaesthesia, lichen planus, and oral mucosal disease.

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    What are the implications of artificial intelligence (AI) on the practice of dentistry? With articles and letters from across all five journals in the BDJ Portfolio, this Collection provides a snapshot of how the field of AI in dentistry has developed over the last two decades. It also reveals an evolving picture of the role AI could play today as well as its potential for the future.

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    Reflecting the broad range of issues affecting children’s oral healthcare, this Collection highlights recent articles from across the BDJ Portfolio focusing on current clinical practice and research in paediatric dentistry and childhood dental caries.

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    What are the things you wished someone had told you at dental school, but never did? These short, accessible articles bring together top clinical tips gleaned from years of practice across a variety of specialties. We hope this Collection will be a really useful resource for managing and even adapting practice.

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    Featuring the latest BDJ themed issue, this Cleft Collection explores the delivery of care to patients born with a cleft lip or palate. It brings together a comprehensive range of papers covering the aetiology, diagnosis and management of cleft patients.

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    A Collection from across the BDJ Portfolio which offers perspectives on equality, diversity and inclusion in dentistry, from both the practitioner and patient viewpoint. It features the papers from the recent BDJ in Practice EDI themed issue.

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    Even some of the simplest changes in a dental practice can save huge amounts of energy. This collection of articles from across the BDJ Portfolio explores sustainability and dentistry. It includes the papers from the BDJ Eco Focus issue and highlights meaningful, actionable changes that could be made now by the dental team to reduce our environmental footprint.

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    This collection of recent articles from the British Dental Journal and Evidence Based Dentistry focuses on dental implants. It highlights the intersection of implantology with periodontics, orthodontics and other key dental specialties as well as showcasing new technical approaches.

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    This collection of articles from across the BDJ Portfolio focuses on endodontics, including clinical articles, research papers and systematic reviews. Together, they provide a picture of current endodontic treatment options and techniques, aftercare and monitoring.

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    This collection of articles focuses on various different head and neck cancers, including mouth cancer. From causes and pathology to restoration and management, it brings together insightful content from the British Dental Journal, BDJ Team and Evidence-Based Dentistry. It also features articles from the recent BDJ Themed Issue which details the multidisciplinary care pathway for the head and neck cancer patient, describing the importance of dental health and dental care in this context.

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    Minimum intervention dentistry describes a holistic, team-care approach that aims to maintain long-term oral health with preventive, patient-focused, behaviour-related care plans, combined with the dutiful management of patients' needs, desires and expectations. This collection brings together recent articles published in the British Dental Journal to provide a comprehensive overview of this increasingly important and influential dental philosophy.

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    Recruitment and retention in NHS dentistry, although not a new problem, is becoming an ever-increasing area of concern in the UK. With pre-existing problems which were only exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the NHS is now facing a mass exodus of dental professionals who are either switching to private, or leaving the profession entirely through early retirement or a change in career. This collection aims to bring together content from across the BDJ Portfolio which highlights, discusses and tackles the recruitment and retention crisis.

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