Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, National Defense Medical Center and Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC b Section of Dentistry, Zuoying Armed Forces General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC Department of Pathology, Zuoying Armed Forces General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei,...

U.S. civilian (non-VA/non-military) Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) and General Practice Residency (GPR) programs were identified (n=208) and surveyed. The assessment evaluated infrastructure support, populations served, services provided, and trainee stipends. One hundred thirty-one programs responded (thirty-two AEGD, 64 percent/ninety-nine GPR, 63 percent). Sixty-nine programs...

*Associate Professor, Dept. of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, # Associate Professor, Department of General Dentistry, Creighton University School of Dentistry, Omaha, NE ¶ Lt Col, US Army DENTAC, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX. ** Associate Professor of Oral Biology & Pharmacology, Department of Oral Bio...

Minimal Intervention Dentistry (MID) is a modern approach to the management of caries, which emphasizes prevention and early interception of disease, underpinned by an understanding of the role of the dental plaque biofilm in disease initiation and progression, and how this is affected by lifestyle and behavioral factors. The MID approach should be the standard of care in modern restorative den...