British Dental Journal

14 February 1998, Volume 184, Issue 3
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OPINION: leader

Nothing but the evidence 105
M Grace

Letters

Evidence of fraud/ The future of the BDA Conference 106

Youthful outlook/Occupational back pain 107

New year, new look/Birth of a new era 108

PRACTICE: periodontology

Advances in periodontal diagnosis 3. Assessing potential biomarkers of periodontal disease activity 109
B M Eley and S W Cox

Child protection

The dental practitioner’s role in protecting children from abuse 3. Reporting and subsequent management of abuse 115
R R Welbury and J M Murphy

SUMMARIES: abstracts

A selection of abstracts from dental journals 120
T Watts

One-page summaries of the research papers in this issue 122

RESEARCH: tooth wear

The prevalence of tooth wear in a cluster sample of adolescent schoolchildren and its relationship with potential explanatory factors 125
D W Bartlett, P Y Coward, C Nikkah and R F Wilson

Negligence

Dental negligence: a study of cases assessed at one specialised advisory practice 130
D R Moles, R D Simper and R Bedi

Community dental health

The transfer of child patients from the Community Dental Service to the General Dental Service 134
A N Crawford, U Boye, J Baggett and K Roberts

EDUCATION: clinical audit

Audit activity and uptake of postgraduate dental education among general dental practitioners in Yorkshire 138
P E Mercer, A F Long, J P Ralph and H Bailey

NEWS and NOTES

News 144

Trade news: Dental equipment and surgery planning 146

New BDJ launch 150

Diary 152

Obituaries 153


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