Table of contents
February 2008, Volume 204 No 4 pp167-220
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Research
Dental age assessment (DAA): a simple method for children and emerging adults - E7
G. J. Roberts, S. Parekh, A. Petrie & V. S. Lucas
doi:10.1038/bdj.2008.21
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Subject Categories: Paediatric dentistry | Radiology
Opinion
Editorial
The uncomfortable bedfellows of health care and business - p167
Stephen Hancocks OBE
doi:10.1038/bdj.2008.109
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View Points
Letters
Posture technique - pp169 - 170
E. Paul
doi:10.1038/bdj.2008.110
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Sweet nothings - p170
C. Stillman-Lowe
doi:10.1038/bdj.2008.111
TMJ dislocation - pp170 - 171
M. A. Nusrath, J. R. Adams, D. R. Farr & D. G. Bryant
doi:10.1038/bdj.2008.112
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Riga-Fede disease - p171
D. Jariwala, R. M. Graham & T. Lewis
doi:10.1038/bdj.2008.113
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News
Put patients first and stay independent, young dentists urged - p173
doi:10.1038/bdj.2008.137
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Be open about contracts, PCTs told - p174
doi:10.1038/bdj.2008.138
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University appointment for former BDA president - p174
doi:10.1038/bdj.2008.139
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UK's largest dental corporate sold to US bank - p174
doi:10.1038/bdj.2008.140
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Legislation reduces smoking - p175
doi:10.1038/bdj.2008.141
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Dean of new school in who's who - p175
doi:10.1038/bdj.2008.142
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New paediatric professor - p175
doi:10.1038/bdj.2008.143
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Graduates should not expect UK jobs, dean warns - p176
doi:10.1038/bdj.2008.145
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No contrived limits on use of NHS logo, says BDA - p176
doi:10.1038/bdj.2008.146
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Extra vocational training scheme launched - p176
doi:10.1038/bdj.2008.147
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Practice
Retrieval of a fractured abutment screw thread from an implant: a case report - pp177 - 180
J. Satterthwaite & L. Rickman
doi:10.1038/bdj.2008.99
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Subject Categories: Case reports | Implants
Optimising aesthetics and facilitating clinical application of free-hand bonding using the 'natural layering concept' - pp181 - 185
D. Dietschi
doi:10.1038/bdj.2008.100
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Subject Categories: Aesthetic dentistry | Restorative dentistry
Vagus nerve pain referred to the craniofacial region. A case report and literature review with implications for referred cardiac pain - pp187 - 189
D. E. Myers
doi:10.1038/bdj.2008.101
Abstract - | Full Text - Vagus nerve pain referred to the craniofacial region. A case report and literature review with implications for referred cardiac pain | PDF (204 KB) - Vagus nerve pain referred to the craniofacial region. A case report and literature review with implications for referred cardiac pain
Subject Categories: Case reports | Facial pain
Summaries
Abstracts
Up to 17-year controlled clinical study on post-and-cores and covering crowns - p191
doi:10.1038/bdj.2008.102
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Post placement affects survival of endodontically treated premolars - p191
doi:10.1038/bdj.2008.103
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Dental state, prosthodontic treatment and chewing ability – a study of five cohorts of 70-year-old subjects - p191
doi:10.1038/bdj.2008.104
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Social gradients in oral and general health - p191
doi:10.1038/bdj.2008.105
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Research Summary
Summary of: Dental age assessment (DAA): a simple method for children and emerging adults - pp192 - 193
doi:10.1038/bdj.2008.148
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Education
Evaluating dental vocational training: how does Scotland compare to the rest of the UK? - pp195 - 202
D. Bonetti, L. Young, J. Rennie & J. Clarkson
doi:10.1038/bdj.2008.107
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Subject Categories: Dental education | Vocational training
Top of the pops – CD-ROM and DVDs in dental education - pp203 - 207
K. A. Eaton, P. A. Reynolds & M. J. Cox
doi:10.1038/bdj.2008.106
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Subject Categories: Computers in dentistry | Dental education
Product News
Halitosis kit launched - p213
doi:10.1038/bdj.2008.114
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Win a year's gum - p213
doi:10.1038/bdj.2008.115
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Detecting invisible problems early - p213
doi:10.1038/bdj.2008.116
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Treating periodontal disease - p213
doi:10.1038/bdj.2008.117
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Different spaces, different brushes - p214
doi:10.1038/bdj.2008.118
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Easy to handle - p214
doi:10.1038/bdj.2008.119
Making scaling simpler - p214
doi:10.1038/bdj.2008.120
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Gentle touch for daily cleaning - p214
doi:10.1038/bdj.2008.121
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Keep patients safe from cross infection - p214
doi:10.1038/bdj.2008.122
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Paste for preventing caries - p214
doi:10.1038/bdj.2008.123
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Show patients procedures - p214
doi:10.1038/bdj.2008.124
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Increased marginal bone protection - p215
doi:10.1038/bdj.2008.125
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Safer instrument cleaning - p215
doi:10.1038/bdj.2008.126
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Specialist solutions in show - p215
doi:10.1038/bdj.2008.127
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Plus
Book Reviews
Cysts of the oral and maxillofacial regions - p217
doi:10.1038/bdj.2008.128
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Prevention in clinical oral health care - p217
doi:10.1038/bdj.2008.129
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An introduction to orthodontics - pp217 - 218
doi:10.1038/bdj.2008.130
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The toothpick: technology and culture - p218
doi:10.1038/bdj.2008.131
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Handbook of nitrous oxide and oxygen sedation - p218
doi:10.1038/bdj.2008.132
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Special Feature
Crisis Open Christmas – a volunteer's reflection - pp219 - 220
Simon Cheng
doi:10.1038/bdj.2008.108
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