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THE ACADEMY OF GENERAL DENTISTRY The mission of the Academy of General Dentistry is to serve the needs and to represent the interests of general dentists and to foster their continued proficiency through quality continuing dental education in order to better serve the public. The vision of The Academy of General Dentistry is to improve the quality of comprehensive dental care. We are motivated and united by the core human values of integrity and compassion. |
THE
AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION
The ADA homepage has four major links: News Updates, Practice &
Profession (career and practice-related issues ), Products and Services
and Consumer Information. The News section includes e-versions of the
ADA News and Abstracts of JADA articles, and a Cybernews area (warehouse
of articles on the Internet and Organized Dentistry). Another important
link in the News section and the home page is MORE WORLD WIDE WEB SITES
which includes the majority of State societies, Dental Schools and Specialty
/ Special Interest groups site links. The Products and Services area
has links to an on-line catalog of print material sold by the ADA, products
with ADA seal of approval listing , and ADA library services. Another
useful feature is JADA Literature search capability, providing keyword
search of JADA by topic, author, dates which returns abstract of article
(actually through Silverplatter WWW link). The Consumer Information
section provides universal access to ADA statements on topics of public
concern such as use of amalgam and fluoride as well as patient education
material (sealants / caries prevention, practice guidelines / accepted
dental therapies). |
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THE
AMERICAN DENTAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
The American Dental Education Association site contains relative information
related to services offered by the American Dental Education Association
as well as email links to all organizational leaders, offices and their
staff (e-mail links to those individuals). Also provided is direct access
to members of the executive committee through e-mail links. Additional
links include those to Consortium For Clinic Information Systems and
the Curriculum Database Consortium and the ADDSoft database. Additional
areas include Meetings and News announcements, the Student Applicant
process, and Publications which are available in hard copy. This ADEA
site has links (see Dental Education Programs on home page) to all member
dental schools. |
NAVAL
POST GRADUATE DENTAL CENTER
Under the command and support of the National Naval Dental Center, the
Naval Dental School conducts advanced programs for dental officers that
are designed to help the Dental Corps meets its need for officers who
are fully qualified to practice, teach and conduct research in dentistry. |
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USAF
DENTAL
INVESTIGATION SECTION The USAF DIS, with the support of the American Dental Association and
the Academy of General Dentistry, has developed a means for federal
dental service personnel to obtain accredited continuing education (CE)
through the DIS web site. The continuing education is based on downloadable
dental materials notes and Powerpoint briefings that are posted on the
DIS "Download" page. Tests have been written for each of the these
notes and briefings. Go to this web site for access to outstanding dental CE. |
PROCTOR
& GAMBLE
The Proctor & Gamble site has undergone major renovations several
times within the last year. This site provides patient education information,
has a library of documents available to the dental profession. Proctor
& Gamble site has a very good start at some very diverse types of
content such as the on-line library which includes the dental hygienists
publication, abstracts of current P&G related research, both posters
and written presentations. Also found in the library are abstracts of
articles from multiple types of journals related by subject such as
computers in dental practice, management, cosmetic dentistry. Another
significant area that is a solid start is the internal medicine topics
area ( medically compromised patient management schemes) which could
provide a good template for other types of related information. This
area also has a prescription drug area which a links to an internet
drug resource (exists in other locations in the site also). Of particular
interest to the dental academician is the Student and Faculty Corner.
This area contains case studies that for the students as well as public
access to Medline and a drug index. The faculty corner contains the
questions that go along with the student cases. The faculty corner is
one of the newest editions to the site and contains an educational series,
student handouts, and a slide library. Another interesting function of
this site is an interactive database of Professional Conferences and
Events, which can be sorted city and state, range of dates. The query
can provide a short description of the events. It is not an all
inclusive list, but the functionality by which it is set up is novel .
The site also has several modular units for continuing education for
dentists, with a about a half dozen courses available. |
DERWEB
At DERWEB our colleagues in England have created a rich image library
for dentistry and dental education. Images can be used by other educators
as long as "conditions" of use are followed...so surf to it
and find out what those are. This group has also used the image database
in the production of Web-based instructional software, which can be
functionally used ... try it out. The concept of image libraries will
be critical to efficient development of computer-based software in the
future. |
NATIONAL
INSTITUTE OF DENTAL RESEARCH
From the National Institute of Dental Research home page, one can access
News updates, Programs, Research Highlights, Research Training Opportunities,
Grants and Funding Process through the Program Announcements with full
text display of all announcements as well as email links to NIDR scientist
responsible for each project. The site also includes instructions on
the grant application process. Through www access to a database, one
can search and review current funded projects by investigator, state,
project domain, grant number as well as review comprehensive summaries
of funding to individual institutions. |
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NATIONAL
LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
The National Library of Medicine site lists services provides locally
and electronically, funding opportunities and announcements, links to
special projects supported by NLM such as Telemedicine projects and
the Visible Human Project (see below), and articles on standards related
to data dictionaries. Literature search capacity is provided through
Grateful Med / Medline if you are a subscribed user (most of you will
have access through local university library, however you can apply
for account on-line). Some NLM Publications are available on-line. Similarly
to NIH, Current Grant Programs information and guidance in the grant
application process is presented to the browser. |
RXLIST
On the RXList website one can search the top 200 drugs with a simple
user-friendly screen and get very detailed information concerning pharmacological
properties of the drugs in the database (indications, interactions).
This readily available information can be useful in patient management
and clinical care. Neophyte providers need exposure to this form of
data but should not rely on this tool exclusively. Never the less it
is a useful tool and would probably be used by students if it were available
to them. |
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THE
VIRTUAL DENTIST
The "Virtual" Dental Site provides access to an extensive
listing of dental related information to include: Dictionaries and Glossaries,
Current Literature, On-Line Journals, Dental Schools and their curriculums,
Teaching Files in all specialty areas, Courses and Tutorials, Imaging,
Dental Associations, References and a plethora of additional general
dental information. |
MEDSCAPE
Medscape is the leading interactive, multi-specialty, commercial Web
service for clinicians and consumers. At this site you will find thousands
of articles that are Web-enhanced for online browsing. The articles
can also be downloaded if you prefer to do your reading offline. Many
services can be found here to include clinical medicine articles, access
to MEDLINE, AIDSLINE AND TOXLINE, Drug Search, daily medical news, self-assessment
features, continuing education resources and Merriam Webster's Medical
Dictionary online. |
GALAXY GALAXs an Internet Dentistry Resources page that contains a wealth of information pertaining to various topics of interest, articles, guides, literature review, directories, organizations, and a listing of academic institutions involved with the delivery of dental health care. |

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