1. Biofilms, a new approach to the microbiology of dental plaque

   • Jacob M. ten Cate

   REVIEW ARTICLE Pages: 1 - 9

2. Periodontal disease and systemic conditions: a bidirectional relationship

   • Jemin Kim
   • Salomon Amar

   REVIEW ARTICLE Pages: 10 - 21

3. N-Methyl-D-Aspartate (NMDA) and non-NMDA receptor antagonists suppress the superior sagittal sinus-evoked activity of C1 spinal neurons responding to tooth pulp electrical stimulation in rats

   • Yoshinobu Fujimi
   • Mamoru Takeda
   • Shigeji Matsumoto

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 22 - 28

4. Repeated androgen and thyroid hormone injection modulates the morphology of hormone-responsive duct cells in the mouse parotid gland

   • Shingo Kurabuchi

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 29 - 37

5. Decreased response of osteoblasts obtained from aged Cohen diabetic sensitive rats to sex steroid hormones and 1,25(OH)₂D₃ in culture

   • Asher Ornoy
   • Perchia Yaffe
   • Zvi Schwartz

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 38 - 43

6. In vitro chromosome aberration tests using human dental pulp cells to detect the carcinogenic potential of chemical agents

   • Takeo W. Tsutsui
   • Tomohiro Inaba
   • Takeki Tsutsui

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 44 - 50

7. Cephalometric evaluation of anterior open-bite nonextraction treatment, using multiloop edgewise archwire therapy

   • Toshiya Endo
   • Koji Kojima
   • Shohachi Shimooka

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 51 - 58

8. Ibuprofen as a pre-emptive analgesic is as effective as rofecoxib for mandibular third molar surgery

   • Zac Morse
   • Anna Tump
   • Ester Kevelham

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 59 - 63

9. Expression of keratin 18 in the periderm cells of the lingual epithelium of fetal rats: visualization by fluorescence immunohistochemistry and differential interference contrast microscopy

   • Shin-ichi Iwasaki
   • Hidekazu Aoyagi
   • Tomoichiro Asami

   SHORT COMMUNICATION Pages: 64 - 68