The top ten most accessed BDJ Collections of 2022 were:

  1. 1.

    Top Tips: https://www.nature.com/collections/dfcefdgbei

  2. 2.

    Sustainable dentistry: https://www.nature.com/collections/djidaaddgi

  3. 3.

    Case Reports: https://www.nature.com/collections/bbadeijagg

  4. 4.

    Caries: https://www.nature.com/collections/fhebfccafd

  5. 5.

    Dental Materials: https://www.nature.com/collections/ehijfafabh

  6. 6.

    Minimum intervention dentistry: https://www.nature.com/collections/yqbrnwbpyr

  7. 7.

    Endodontics: https://www.nature.com/collections/vnywzjfpdf

  8. 8.

    BDJ CPD 2022: https://www.nature.com/collections/cacjaachdf

  9. 9.

    BDJ Letters: https://www.nature.com/collections/cehebehaag

  10. 10.

    Special care dentistry: https://www.nature.com/collections/dbfbdffehe.

Top tips

The Top Tips series - which featured in all 24 issues of the BDJ in 2022, within the Upfront section - continues to be extremely popular with readers.

News Editor Kate Quinlan asked regular Top Tips contributor Ewen McColl, Director of Clinical Dentistry at Peninsula Dental School, to comment.

Q. Can you share the process of arranging and writing each Top Tips article?

Ewen: Having qualified from Edinburgh University 30 years ago, I have been fortunate to work with a number of incredibly talented clinicians in primary care and secondary care. From each one of my co-authors I have picked up tips that have helped me with patient care. I often wished along the way that somebody had given me these tips when I was at dental school (excellent as my training was), and hopefully passing these tips on will help others as they have helped me.

When it comes to writing the articles, I draft some ideas for individual Top Tips then collaborate with colleagues from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds, to come up with tips that can be passed on to a wider audience. We normally bounce ideas around for a good while, until we narrow things down with key tips and techniques that can impact directly on clinical care.

Q. Did you expect the collection to be so popular with readers?

Ewen: The main aim of the series was to help members of the dental team by passing knowledge and skills on from very experienced clinicians whom I have directly observed achieving optimal outcomes for their patients. I am of course delighted colleagues are reading the articles, and hopefully utilising the tips on their patients. I have learned a lot from the co-authors over the years, so if the tips help colleagues in any way then the articles will have achieved their aim.