The March 2004 issue of the CDA Journal includes an article on initial dental licensure; historical perspectives on dentistry; standard operating procedures; and natural tooth pontic.

Historians Par Excellence
Introduction by Jack F. Conley, DDS

The First Picture of a Dental Forceps in a Printed Book
Renaissance scholar, philosopher and Aristotelian, Niccolo Leonico Tomeo is credited with printing the first picture of dental forceps.
Malvin E. Ring, DDS

In the Name of Dr. John Ross Callahan
A look back at the illustrious researcher and those who exemplified his spirit.
Clifton O. Dummett, DDS

The Case Against One-Shot Testing for Initial Licensure
The “snapshot” approach to testing produces inherently substandard levels of reliability and validity. A look at a three-step alternative.
David W. Chambers, EdM, MBA, PhD; Arthur A. Dugoni, DDS, MSD; and Ian Paisley, DDS

Maintaining Clinical Excellence Using SOPs
When written guidelines, or Standard Operating Procedures, are applied to clinical dentistry, the results can be amazing.
Marsha Freeman, MA

The Natural Tooth Pontic; Simplified
A technique to indirectly fabricate a fiber reinforced framework.
Lambert J. Stumpel III, DDS

My Turn/
Africa: A Dentist's Charitable Experience of a Lifetime
By Lawrence E. Libuser, DDS

Impressions/
CDA Defines Evidence-Based Dentistry

Dr. Bob/
Scientists Espresso Their Glee over Caffeine Study
By Robert E. Horseman, DDS

Letters/
Initial Licensure Examinations