Volume 2 Issue 3, December 2000

Cause célébre: oral health and heart disease

• Richard Niederman
• Kaumudi Joshipura

Editorial 01 Dec 2000

Is this good research? Look for CONSORT and QUORUM

• Ian Needleman

Editorial 01 Dec 2000

Dental indices are higher in coronary heart disease patients but the difference is not significant

• Richard Niederman

Summary 01 Dec 2000

No good evidence for a strong association between dental disease and coronary heart disease

• Kaumudi Joshipura
• Richard Niederman

Summary 01 Dec 2000

Minocycline gel gives adjunctive improvement to scale and polish

• Richard Niederman

Summary 01 Dec 2000

Prophylactic antibiotics reduce infectious complications of orthognathic surgery

• Thomas B Dodson
• Leslie R Halperin

Summary 01 Dec 2000

Occlusal splints may be of benefit in TMD, but there is little evidence for the use of occlusal adjustment

• Jeffry R Shaefer

Summary 01 Dec 2000

Symptoms associated with teething

• R D Holt

Summary 01 Dec 2000

Efficacy of electromyographic treatment is supported for temporomandibular disorders

• Lars Dahlström

Summary 01 Dec 2000

Telephone prompts improve questionnaire response rates

• David D Locker

Summary 01 Dec 2000

No convincing evidence of a causal association between periodontal disease and CHD risk

• Richard Niederman

Summary 01 Dec 2000

Anticonvulsants are effective for acute pain in trigeminal neuralgia

• Lasse A Skoglund

Summary 01 Dec 2000

Personal oral hygiene is essential to dental health but professional treatment and frequent maintenance are not universally necessary

• Liz Kay

Summary 01 Dec 2000

Causes, associations and evaluating evidence; can we trust what we read?

• David R Moles
• Isabel dos Santos Silva

Toolbox 01 Dec 2000

Digest

• Derek Richards

Digest 01 Dec 2000

Letters

• N Monaghan

Letter 01 Dec 2000