The ''Primary Dental Journal'' is a quarterly
peer-reviewed medical journal aimed at primary dental care practitioners. It is published by
SAGE Publishing
SAGE Publishing, formerly SAGE Publications, is an American independent publishing company founded in 1965 in New York by Sara Miller McCune and now based in Newbury Park, California.
It publishes more than 1,000 journals, more than 800 books ...
on behalf of the
College of General Dentistry, of which it is its official journal.
editor-in-chief
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The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
is Professor Igor Blum.[
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History
The journal was established in 2012 following the merger of previous publications, ''Primary Dental Care'' (which was first published in 1994),[ ''Team in Practice'' (which was first published in 2004),][ and ''First-hand'' (the newsletter of the Faculty of General Dental Practitioners). Previously published by Sage under the Faculty of General Dental Practice of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, since July 2021 the ''Primary Dental Journal'' has been published under th]
College of General DentistryCGDent
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Content
The journal publishes news, editorials, features on current issues, research, clinical articles, and scenario articles.[ It publishes three themed issues on topics such as tooth wear, orthodontics, dental emergencies, and leadership, management, and professionalism and one general issue per year.][
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Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in MEDLINE
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/PubMed
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,[ ]Scopus
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,[ and ]CINAHL
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Ella Crandall, Mildred Grandbois, and Molli ...
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See also
* List of dental journals
References
External links
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Dentistry journals
English-language journals
Academic journals established in 1994
Academic journals established in 2004
Academic journals established in 2012
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