Journal of the American Dental Association
Content from the latest issue of The Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA).
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SmileCon 2024
The Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA), Volume 155, Issue 5, 2024 May, Pages 446-461
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Table of Contents
The Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA), Volume 155, Issue 5, 2024 May, Pages A2-A2, A4-A4, A6-A6
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Front Cover
The Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA), Volume 155, Issue 5, 2024 May, Pages OFC-OFC
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Letters
The Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA), Volume 155, Issue 5, 2024 May, Pages 362-362 | Osborn, Thomas R., DDS
JADA welcomes letters from readers on articles that have been published in an issue of JADA within the previous 2 months. Accepted letters will be forwarded to the article’s authors for comment. By sending a letter to the editor, the letter writer... -
Atypical gingival swelling
The Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA), Volume 155, Issue 5, 2024 May, Pages 426-429 | Aldosary, Sara, BDS; Ramachandran, Maya, DMD; Alfaifi, Afrah, BDS;...
Irregularly acanthotic stratified squamous epithelium exhibiting focal degeneration of the basal cell layer. The underlying fibrous stroma is edematous and well vascularized (hematoxylin-eosin, magnification ×40) ( A) and contains a superficial an... -
Prevalence of complete edentulism among US adults 65 years and older
The Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA), Volume 155, Issue 5, 2024 May, Pages 399-408 | Vemulapalli, Abhilash, BDS, MPH, DDS; Mandapati, Surendra Reddy, BDS, MPH, DDS; Kotha, Anusha, BDS, MPH, DDS;...
AbstractBackgroundThe rapid growth of the older adult population in the United States and their increased risk of edentulism make it essential to analyze trends and factors associated with edentulism. MethodsData were obtained from the Behavioral... -
Improvements in appropriate placement of dental sealants after implementation of a clinical decision support system
The Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA), Volume 155, Issue 5, 2024 May, Pages 409-416 | Mullins, Joanna, RDH, MHI; Brandon, Ryan, MS; Skourtes, Nicholas, DMD;...
AbstractBackgroundDental sealants are effective for the prevention of caries in children at elevated risk levels, and increasing the proportion of children and adolescents who have dental sealants on 1 or more molars is a Healthy People 2030 objec... -
Penicillin allergy reassessment for treatment improvement
The Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA), Volume 155, Issue 5, 2024 May, Pages 379-389 | Kunz Coyne, Ashlan J., PharmD, MPH; Holger, Dana, PharmD, MPH; Kennedy, Erinne, DMD, MPH, MMSc;...
AbstractBackgroundDental appointments offer an opportunity to evaluate a documented penicillin (PCN) allergy and determine whether the patient might be a candidate for medical reassessment of their allergy. The authors gathered feedback on the Pen... -
Prognostic factors associated with pulp status in patients with cracked teeth treated with occlusal veneer
The Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA), Volume 155, Issue 5, 2024 May, Pages 390-398.e2 | Pu, Yinfei, PhD; Wang, Mengke, MD; Hong, Yingying, PhD;...
AbstractBackgroundThe authors evaluated the prognostic factors associated with pulp status in patients with cracked teeth (CT) treated with occlusal veneer. MethodsAn analysis of 80 CT (71 patients) with 1 or more crack lines (CLs) and normal pulp... -
Occupations associated with treatment seeking and biopsychosocial functioning at a tertiary orofacial pain clinic
The Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA), Volume 155, Issue 5, 2024 May, Pages 430-444 | Sangalli, Linda, DDS, MS, PhD; Alessandri-Bonetti, Anna, DDS; Kapos, Flavia P., DDS, MS, PhD;...
AbstractBackgroundThe aim of this study was to describe whether certain occupations were over- or underrepresented and to compare biopsychosocial functioning by types of occupation and employment status among adults seeking orofacial pain (OFP) tr... -
What do we mean by social determinants of oral health?
The Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA), Volume 155, Issue 5, 2024 May, Pages 360-361 | Bastos, João Luiz, PhD; Borde, Elis, PhD
There has never been a time when public health professionals, dental researchers, and oral health care providers so often came across the expression social determinants of health. From increasing numbers of scientific articles to conferences organ... -
Association Directory
The Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA), Volume 155, Issue 5, 2024 May, Pages A12-A12
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Editorial Board
The Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA), Volume 155, Issue 5, 2024 May, Pages A8-A11
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Author’s Reponse
The Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA), Volume 155, Issue 5, 2024 May, Pages 362-363 | Chang, Yucheng, DDS, MS, DMD
I am grateful for the time and effort Dr. Osborn invested in reviewing our article, and I appreciate these insightful comments. The observation regarding the strong correlation between traumatic occlusion and tooth fracture, potentially leading to... -
Caveat emptor
The Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA), Volume 155, Issue 5, 2024 May, Pages 357-359 | Patil, Shankargouda, BDS, MDS, PhD; Licari, Frank W., MBA, MPH, DDS; El-Bialy, Tarek, PhD, EMBA
The use of clear aligners in orthodontic treatment is experiencing substantial growth. This trend can be attributed to their success rate and heightened esthetic preferences among patients. Clear aligners are custom-made, transparent dental device... -
Vaping vs smoking cigarettes
The Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA), Volume 155, Issue 5, 2024 May, Pages 464-464 | Mark, Anita M.
Teenagers have cut down sharply on their use of traditional cigarettes over the years. In 1991, approximately 7 of 10 teens were cigarette smokers, but by 2017 that number had dropped to nearly 3 of 10. However, vaping holds an appeal for some tee... -
Surveying the landscape of diagnostic imaging in dentistry’s future
The Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA), Volume 155, Issue 5, 2024 May, Pages 364-378 | Tyndall, Donald A., DDS, MSPH, PhD; Price, Jeffery B., DDS, MS; Gaalaas, Laurence, DDS, MS;...
AbstractBackgroundAdvances in digital radiography for both intraoral and panoramic imaging and cone-beam computed tomography have led the way to an increase in diagnostic capabilities for the dental care profession. In this article, the authors pr... -
Orthodontic treatment of a patient with dentinogenesis imperfecta using a clear aligner system
The Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA), Volume 155, Issue 5, 2024 May, Pages 417-425 | Meng, Chenda, MD; Le, Di, PhD; Wang, Xin, PhD;...
ABSTRACTBackgroundOrthodontic treatment for patients with dentinogenesis imperfecta (DGI) can be risky because of the fragility of their dental hard tissue. Although the Invisalign (Align Technology) clear aligner system should be a suitable ortho...