Internet Resources for Dental Studies

Databases

• Highwire Press: the largest repository of free, full-text, peer-reviewed dental journal articles online. (Some articles are not free.)
• PubMed: a service of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), includes over 16 million citations from MEDLINE and other journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. PubMed includes some links to full text articles and other related resources.
• MedLine Plus: authoritative information from the NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations, access to medical journal articles, extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news.
• ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health Source: full text articles.
• Health Reference Center Academic: full text articles.

Electronic Journals & Newsletters

• Journal of Dental Hygiene: through Health Reference Center Academic or by subscription
• Dental Assistant: through Health Reference Center Academic
• Dentistry2000: dental journals, newsletters, publications, and information sources available online.
• Martindale's Virtual Dental Center: news, journals, and research available online.

Subject Area Directories

• Dental Hygiene Education: 500+ dental hygiene links.
• National Center for Dental Hygiene Research: links to research, education, grants and clinical practice sites.
• Yahoo! Health Directory: Dentistry: select online guide to the Web written and evaluated by Yahoo! editors.

Organizations and Agencies

• American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry
• American Dental Assistants Association
• American Dental Association
• American Dental Hygienists’ Association
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• National Association of Dental Laboratories
• National Library of Medicine

Other Resources

• Dental Career Brochures and Fact Sheets from the A.D.A.
• Dental Resources: new dental product releases, articles about new dental procedures, directories of dental professionals, and dental suppliers.
• Quicktime Database of Human Dentition :
  The Dental Anthropology Association maintains this site, which contains brief video clips of human teeth.
• Teeth Identification Module: interactive tutorial maintained by the Laboratory of Bio-Anthropology and Ancient DNA at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
• Tooth Morphology Frameset: detailed photos & descriptions of teeth, plus a self-exam from the Leeds Dental Institute, UK.