Volume 8 Issue 2, June 2007

Creating a DEBT

• Derek Richards

Letters

• Keith Milsom

Periodontal treatment in pregnant women improves periodontal disease but does not alter rates of preterm birth

• Rodrigo López

Psychological approaches may improve oral hygiene behaviour

• Richard Niederman

No evidence to support the use of low-dose doxycycline as an adjunct to nonsurgical therapy in smokers

• Richard Niederman

Which type of post and core system should you use?

• Asim Al-Ansari

Pre-operative Chlorhexidine mouth rinses reduce the incidence of dry socket

• Jonathan Shepherd

Efficacy of biodegradable osteofixation devices in oral and maxillofacial surgery remains inconclusive

• Tom Dodson

Intra-operative local anaesthesia to reduce postoperative pain or distress in children after exodontia under general anaesthesia

• Avril Macpherson

Viewing positive images of dentistry reduces anticipatory anxiety in children

• Ruth Freeman

Attaining a working archwire – which sequence?

• Carlos Flores-Mir

Soft tissue changes inconclusive in Class II division 1 patients treated with Activator and Bionator appliances

• Yijin Ren

General dentists can provide successful implant overdentures with minimal training

• Rob Jagger

ART for treating root caries in older people

• Jimmy Steele

Transient benefits for topical hyaluronic acid in recurrent aphthous ulceration

• Stephen Porter

How to increase response rates to postal questionnaires

• Derek Richards

Digest: Short Summaries

• Derek Richards

Types of data

• Derek Richards

Forthcoming evidence-based courses and conferences