The January issue of the CDA Journal covers covers prion infection, evidence-based dentistry, and part 2 of anesthesia in dentistry.

Prions: Transmissable Spongiform Encelphalopathies and Dental Transmission Risk Assessment
This article looks at the complex questions around the implications of emerging data on the abnormal prion protein and infection control during hospital-based procedures as well as dental and oral and maxillofacial surgeries.
Janyce Hamilton

Putting the Practice into Evidence-based Dentistry
This paper examines the challenges of putting the practice into evidence-based practice. The authors also present that, for dentistry to enter into the brave new world of evidence-based practice, it will require some rethinking of the research enterprise in the profession.
Ian D. Coulter, PhD

Management of the Hypertensive Dental Patient
The purpose of this review is to provide the practitioner with an understanding of the basic pathophysiology of hypertension, how hypertension and its management can affect dental treatment, and steps the dentist can take to provide optimal care for the hypertensive dental patient.
John A. Yagiela, DDS, PhD, and T. Lant Haymore, DDS

Calculating the Maximum Recommended Dose of Local Anesthetic
The maximum recommended dose in mg/Kg of the various local anesthetics commonly used in dentistry are discussed in this paper, as well as the method used to calculate the maximum limits in milligrams and volume of local anesthetic for an individual patient. Other variables also are presented.
Joel M. Weaver, DDS, PhD

The Editor/
The Power of One — Revisited
By Alan L. Felsenfeld, DDS

Impressions/
Toothpaste Tech: What’s the Latest News in Toothpaste?

Dr. Bob/
The Laws of Distraction
By Robert E. Horseman, DDS

Sessions/
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