Library News Fall 2004

Gifts to the Library
Quintessence Publishing Company has added three new journals to the list of titles that it contributes free to our library. These journals, Oral Biosciences & Medicine, Oral Health & Preventive Dentistry, and Perio: Periodontal Practice Today, are published quarterly and are refereed. With the addition of these titles, we now receive 14 journals from Quintessence, plus all of their monographs.

With funds awarded by the LSUHSC Faculty Wives Club, the dental library purchased the 2004 Dental and Dental Hygiene Decks. These popular study aids for national board exams are on reserve and restricted to use in the library. The previous edition of the decks may circulate for overnight use.

The F. Harold Wirth Study Club has bought the library Frequently Asked Legal Questions: A Guide for Dentists and the Dental Team by the American Dental Association Division of Legal Affairs. Because of its looseleaf format, this publication is shelved at the circulation desk in the Reference Reserve collection. The book addresses issues confronting the dental practice, such as dental practice arrangements, avoiding employee lawsuits, insurance issues, HIPAA, OSHA, and contracts.

Featured New Titles
The Art of Dental Therapeutics: Dental Drugs and Over-the-Counter Dental Products [DVD]. by Dr. Peter L. Jacobsen. Chicago, American Dental Association, 2002. (DVD ADA no.1)
In this program, originally presented at the ADA 2001 Scientific Session, Dr. Jacobsen discusses medications commonly prescribed by dentists. This DVD provides an overview of dental therapeutics that may be helpful to dental students before they start working in the clinics.

Nutrition and Oral Medicine, edited by Riva Touger-Decker, David A. Sirois, and Connie C. Mobley. Totowa, N.J., Human Press, 2005. (WU 113 T64n 2005)
This comprehensive text presents scientific evidence to support dietary recommendations and practices that affect oral health. The 18 chapters are divided into 5 sections: nutrition and general health, oral and general health, nutrition and oral health, select diseases with known nutrition and oral health relationships, and oral health education and practice.

Dominic DePaola and Michael Glick are among the 24 contributors. Each chapter examines the research, practice, and current issues of the topic it covers and has an extensive bibliography. HIV, osteoporosis, oral and pharyngeal cancer, and the impact of complementary and alternative medicine on oral health are among the issues discussed in this book.

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