This collection of articles from across the BDJ Portfolio focuses on endodontics, including clinical articles, research papers and systematic reviews. Together, they provide a picture of current endodontic treatment options and techniques, aftercare and monitoring. It also features the BDJ Endodontics Themed Issue.

Bringing together a selection of articles from across the BDJ Portfolio, this Collection relates to the theory and practice of orthodontics. It features the BDJ Special Issue on the Orthodontic-Restorative Interface with contributions by leading national and international clinicians and researchers. Guest edited by Padhraig Fleming, it provides a contemporary, international perspective on adult orthodontics and combined orthodontic-restorative care.

This Collection focuses on dental implants, highlighting the intersection of implantology with key dental specialties as well as showcasing new technical approaches. It features the new BDJ Implant Maintenance special issue which underlines the complexities  and importance of maintaining dental implants. Aiming to enhance the quality of clinical care, it is guest edited by Shakeel Shahdad and Philip Preshaw.

Evidence-Based Dentistry is proud to present this collection of Systematic Reviews in dentistry and oral health focusing on key areas of clinical practice.

This collection aims to explore the transformative role of artificial intelligence (AI) in the field of evidence-based dentistry. As AI technologies rapidly evolve, they present both challenges and opportunities for improving dental practices, patient outcomes, and clinical decision-making.   We invite articles which examine the intersection of AI and evidence-based approaches of the dental practitioner – including Systematic Reviews, Scoping Reviews, Methodology articles and Feasibility Studies (please note Comments are by invitation only, unsolicited Comments will not be considered).

This collection of articles focuses on various different head and neck cancers, including mouth cancer. From causes, pathology and detection to restoration and management, it brings together insightful content from the British Dental Journal, BDJ Open, BDJ Team and Evidence-Based Dentistry.

This collection brings together the very best of Evidence-Based Dentistry – a selection of the most accessed, shared and cited articles published in the last 12 months. Including both commentaries and systematic reviews, the articles reveal the breadth and quality of the evidence informing clinical practice today.

Reflecting the broad range of issues affecting children’s oral healthcare, this Collection highlights recent articles from across the BDJ Portfolio focusing on current clinical practice and research in paediatric dentistry and childhood dental caries.

Approximately one-tenth of all antimicrobials used globally are prescribed by dentists. They are most frequently used in urgent care cases rather than routine dentistry, and although considered appropriate for the treatment of certain infections and ailments, they are sometimes less appropriately prescribed for other conditions (e.g. dry socket). Whilst antimicrobials can be immensely useful, dentists have an important role to play in helping to tackle the threat of antimicrobial resistance. This collection gathers together the best evidence about the use, and the consequences of misuse, of these important drugs.

Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are recognised as an important component of clinical research, and are particularly important in dental implant research. Incorporating standardised PROMs more consistently in dental implant research will benefit the field by reflecting patient perspectives and ensuring more informed decision-making in clinical practice. This collection aims to bring together the best evidence about PROMs within this field.

Submit your Commentary or Systematic Review now for consideration in our Smoking Cessation topical collection. The effects that smoking cigarettes have on smokers’ general health has been well documented. However, this collection aims to look specifically at the damage to oral health from both smoking and vaping, plus the risks/benefits of the latter. The articles will review the quality of the current evidence on why smoking cessation is key.

Is periodontal disease linked in some way to systemic ill health? Before statistical associations between two conditions can be regarded as evidence of causality, there are a number of potential confounders which may need to be controlled. This collection gathers together and analyses the quality of the evidence.