Essential Oral Healthcare During the COVID-19 Pandemic Thursday, December 10, 2020 0 913 Alexandria, Va., USA — The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the need for consensus on the definition of essential oral healthcare. The article “Pandemic considerations on essential oral healthcare” provides a layered model of essential oral healthcare, integrating urgent and basic oral healthcare, as well as advanced and specialist oral healthcare. Read more
AADR Elects Carmem Pfeifer as AADR Representative to the IADR/AADR Publications Committee Thursday, December 10, 2020 0 559 Alexandria, Va., USA – Members of the American Association for Dental Research (AADR) have elected Carmem Pfeifer, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, USA, to serve as the 2021-24 AADR Representative to the IADR/AADR Publications Committee. Her term will commence at the conclusion of the 50th Annual Meeting of the AADR, which will be held in conjunction with the 99th General Session of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR)and the 45th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for Dental Research (CADR), from July 21-24, 2021 in Boston, Mass. Read more
Ana Paula Vieira Colombo Named Associate Editor for the Journal of Dental Research Tuesday, September 1, 2020 0 848 Alexandria, Va., USA — The International Association for Dental Research (IADR) and American Association for Dental Research (AADR) are pleased to announce that Ana Paula Vieira Colombo, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has been selected as an Associate Editor of the IADR/AADR publication Journal of Dental Research (JDR) starting September 1, 2020. Read more
Study Published in the Journal of Dental Research Demonstrates That Oropharyngeal Secretions May Help Reduce False Negative Test Results From Patients Who Were Treated for COVID-19 Thursday, July 2, 2020 0 1786 Alexandria, Va., USA — As the global battle to understand and eliminate the coronavirus continues, a new study published in the Journal of Dental Research demonstrates that testing of oropharyngeal secretions (OS) may reduce the number of false negative results from nasal swab testing of patients who have seemingly recovered from the disease. Read more
IADR/AADR Announce the JDR’s 2019 Impact Factor Tuesday, June 30, 2020 0 1465 Alexandria, Va., USA – Today, the International and American Associations for Dental Research announced the Journal of Dental Research (JDR) 2-year Impact Factor in the “Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine” category at 4.914. This news comes from the just released 2020 Journal Citation Reports® (Clarivate Analytics, 2019). The Impact Factor is a measure of the frequency with which the average article in a journal has been cited in a particular year and helps to evaluate a journal’s relative importance, especially when compared with others in the same field. Read more