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The Journal of the California Dental Association is a peer-reviewed, open-access publication. Since 1893, the award-winning CDA Journal keeps dentists up to date about scientific advances, clinical practice procedures, business management strategies and policies relevant to the delivery of dental services. The Journal publishes review and original research articles along with content geared to provide dental professionals, educators and policymakers with current information across a wide range of topics including:

  • Translational articles enabling dentists to effectively incorporate evidence-based oral health research into their clinical practice.
  • Evolving treatments in all areas of dentistry, including endodontics, oral and maxillofacial pathology and radiology, oral surgery, orthodontics, periodontics, prosthetics, pain management and more.
  • Tools, guidelines and best practices for patient treatment.
  • The relevance of public health research to clinical practitioners.
  • Discussion of contemporary policy and legislative proposals relevant to dental education, practice and the delivery of dental services.
  • Efficacy of medications in the treatment of dental disease.
  • New product trends relevant to oral health.
  • Legal and practice management issues relevant to dental settings.

The Journal of the California Dental Association publishes the following features:

  • Letter to the Editor
  • Discussion
  • Scientific Dentistry News
  • Introductions to Special Collections
  • Research Articles
  • Review Articles
  • Case Reports
  • Systematic Reviews
  • Meeting Reports
  • Exhibitions

As a Gold Open Access publication, the Journal of the California Dental Association makes all articles immediately, permanently and freely available upon publication. In addition, article processing charges (APCs) are underwritten by the Association. Authors pay no APCs or submission fees to publish their articles in the Journal of the California Dental Association.

Please note that the  Journal of the California Dental Association  converted to a full Open Access journal from Volume 51 (2023). All journal content, including archive content, has been free to read since Volume 35 (2007). 

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