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This biography/memoir focuses on the life of a civic-minded New Jersey dentist. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The original article published by Cvar and Ryge in 1971 on the US Public Health Service (USPHS) Guidelines is virtually inaccessible to current scientists, despite its remarkable impact on clinical dental research. The original article described all the pilot studies that led to the choices for the final USPHS guidelines. However, many of the important basic ideas expressed in the original article, such as evaluator calibration, have been overlooked in recent years. Challenges for effective clinical testing of restorative procedures and materials that were emphasized by those authors are even more relevant today. Therefore, it is totally appropriate to republish the original article by Cvar and Ryge in this issue of Clinical Oral Investigations. This preface to the republication of the original article provides key background information and references to contributions by the many now-famous clinical investigators who were involved with pilot studies. In addition, the USPHS recommendations are critically reviewed. Clinical evaluation of restorative procedures requires (a) choices of clinically relevant criteria, (b) assessment using simple nominal scales, (c) calibration of evaluators, (d) two independent evaluations, and (e) nonparametric statistic analysis that recognizes the patient (and not the restoration) as the independent variable. Only portions of those procedures are being preserved in current clinical investigations. USPHS criteria continue in use until today as part of routine clinical evaluation and as components of standards programs such as the ADA acceptance program. However, in addition, USPHS-like criteria have been appended over the years to produce “modified USPHS guidelines.” These additional criteria include parameters such as postoperative sensitivity, fracture, interproximal contact, occlusal contact, and others. The combination of the original and modified USPHS criteria now have been accepted worldwide but are not necessarily uniformly applied. They constitute the foundation for current considerations of further development of clinical assessment methods for dental restorative procedures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A child's active imagination demystifies a visit to the dentist. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reviews of the books "Anatomy of Innocence: Testimonies of the Wrongfully Convicted," edited by Laura Caldwell and Leslie S. Klinger, introduced by Scott Turow and Barry Scheck, "Blind Injustice: A Former Prosecutor Exposes the Psychology and Politics of Wrongful Convictions," by Mark Godsey, and "The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South," by Radley Balko and Tucker Carrington, with a foreword by John Grisham, are presented.

Crocodile has a toothache and goes to see the dentist, but each is afraid of the other. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Downs' debut novel dramatizes the life of Horace Wells, a mid-19th-century Connecticut dentist on a quest to eliminate pain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A journalist and criminal defense lawyer combine their knowledge about wrongful convictions in Mississippi to expose a corrupt system, with a keen focus on a lying medical examiner and a dentist who concocted phony evidence based on bite marks on the bodies of crime victims. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews the audiobook "McTeague," by Frank Norris.

Reviews the book "Dentists' Manual of Emergency Medical Treatment," By Robert J. Braun.

Reviews the book "Review of Dental Practice III," edited by H. Colin Davis, John O. Forrest and Kevin Lewis.

Reviews the book "The Dentist and Clinical Laboratory Procedures," by W. R. Sabes.

The article reviews the book "The Last Gentle Dentist: Based on Actual Events," by Oliver Pearl.

The article reviews the book "The Last Gentle Dentist," by Oliver Pearl.

The article reviews the book "There Is No Perfect Dentist: The Never Before Revealed Secrets to Choosing the Right Dentist for You!," by N. Gerrard.

The article reviews the book "Tom Brown: Victorian Middlesborough Dentist," by Tom Brown.

The article reviews the book "Open Wide: Memoir of the Dental Dame," by Margaret Seward.

GET REAL By Donald E. Westlake [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reviews the animated television program "Glenn Martin, DDS."

The article reviews the book "You Can Do It," by Tony Dungy.

Reviews the book "Dr. Welch and the Great Grape Story," by Mary Lou Carney, illustrated by Sherry Meidell.

Reviews the book "Mrs. Watson Wants Your Teeth," by Alison McGhee and illustrated by Harry Bliss.

Reviews the book "Why Doc Holliday Left Georgia," by Gene Carlisle.

Features the members of the Old College Dental Surgery of Chippenham College in Wiltshire, England, which was recognized as an Investor by the "People" magazine.

Features Stephanie Bass, cover of the February 2004 issue of "RDH" magazine. Educational background of Bass; Comments from Bass on the effects of the development of the Internet and email on dentists and hygienists; Involvement of Bass in dental hygiene associations.

Reviews the videotape " Amanda Goes to the Dentist.'

Reviews the book 'Vera Goes to the Dentist,' written and illustrated by Vera Rosenberry.

Reviews the videotape `Trip to the Dentist Through Pinatta's View.'

Reviews the videotape `A Trip to the Dentist Can Be Lots of Fun!'

Reviews the book "The Dental Practitioners' Formulary 1982-84 with the British National Formulary No. 4."

Reviews the video recording 'The Friendly Dentist,' from S.W.S. Productions.