British Dental Journal

The British Dental Journal

The BDJ aims to inform readers of ideas, opinions, developments and key issues in dentistry - clinical, practical and scientific - to spark interest, debate and discussion.

Featured

Management of children with poor prognosis first permanent molars: an interdisciplinary approach is the key

Shrita Lakhani
Fiona Noble
Martyn T. Cobourne
ClinicalOpen Access26 May 2023
Project Tooth Fairy: a pan-London initiative from conception to delivery to patient-reported experience measures

Aisha Patel
Joe McQuillan
Mohammed Dungarwalla
ClinicalOpen Access26 May 2023
The use of oral benzodiazepines for the management of dental anxiety: a web-based survey of UK dentists

Kathryn Finn
Deborah Moore
Wendy Thompson
ResearchOpen Access24 May 2023
Inequalities in access to NHS primary care dental services in Scotland during the COVID-19 pandemic

Abodunrin Q. Aminu
Alex D. McMahon
David I. Conway
ResearchOpen Access24 May 2023

Current issue

Let's chat

Stephen Hancocks OBE
Editorial26 May 2023
Lynn

Shaun Sellars
News26 May 2023
The dentist who helped save cricket in the 1930s

News26 May 2023
AI and clinical decision making

M. Dorri
Letter26 May 2023
AI and clinicians

A. Rai
D. Sybil
P. K. Shrivastava
Letter26 May 2023
Burkitt lymphoma - no ordinary toothache

J. Quearney
Letter26 May 2023

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British Dental Journal is a Transformative Journal; authors can publish using the traditional publishing route OR via immediate gold Open Access.

Our Open Access option complies with funder and institutional requirements.

Latest Reviews & Analysis

- Artificial intelligence - a new wine in an old bottle?
  
  James Kit Hon Tsoi
  
  Perspective26 May 2023
- Artificial intelligence: advances and pitfalls
  Falk Schwendicke
  Martha Büttner
  
  Perspective26 May 2023
- Artificial intelligence and personalised dental medicine - just a hype or true game changers?
  Michael M. Bornstein
  
  Perspective26 May 2023
- Natural language processing in dentistry
  Martha Büttner
  Falk Schwendicke
  
  Perspective26 May 2023
- Indemnity - spoilt for choice?
  Len D´Cruz
  
  Perspective28 Apr 2023
- Understanding indemnity and insurance
  Raj Rattan
  
  Perspective28 Apr 2023
- The skill mix agenda and indemnity
  Stephen Henderson
  
  Perspective28 Apr 2023
- DENTPRIME National supporting practice-based research in primary care dentistry
  Sue Pavitt
  
  Perspective24 Mar 2023
- Exciting opportunity for primary care dental practitioners!
  Alice R. Hamilton
  David Ricketts
  Jan E. Clarkson
  
  Perspective24 Mar 2023

News & Comment

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Other Journals in Brief26 May 2023

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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