The October issue of the open access International Dental Journal (IDJ) is now available. Skim through it today to discover a selection of articles on various oral health-related topics along with an editorial by the IDJ Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Lakshman Samaranayake that provides the overview of an impactful summer.

The IDJ is the official scientific journal of FDI. Published every two months, IDJ features peer-reviewed articles relevant to oral health issues worldwide. These focus on international public health, practice-related research, interprofessional education and practice, and on science and technology in dentistry.

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Editorial

• An Impactful Summer
  
  Lakshman Samaranayake

Concise Review

• A Review of the Protocol of SDF Therapy for Arresting Caries
  
  Iliana Gehui Yan, Faith Miaomiao Zheng, Sherry Shiqian Gao, Duangporn Duangthip, ... Chun Hung Chu

Concise Clinical Reviews

• The Monkeypox Outbreak and Implications for Dental PracticeLakshman Samaranayake, Sukumaran Anil

Science and Technology in Dental Practice

• Orthodontic Compliance Assessment: A Systematic Review
  
  Marek Nahajowski, Joanna Lis, Michał Sarul
  
   
• Orofacial Mycoses in Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19): A Systematic Review
  
  Lakshman P. Samaranayake, Kausar S. Fakhruddin, Hien C. Ngo, H.M.N.M. Bandara, Y.Y. Leung
  
   
• Estimation of Alveolar Bone Loss in Periodontitis Using Machine Learning
  
  Nektarios Tsoromokos, Sarah Parinussa, Frank Claessen, David Anssari Moin, Bruno G. Loos
  
   
• Prognostic Predictors of Endodontic Microsurgery: Radiographic Assessment
  
  Chaonan Su, Rui Zhang, Rong Wang, Chengcan Yang, ... Liuyan Meng
  
   
• Three-dimensional Analysis of Alveolar Bone With and Without Periodontitis
  
  Abeer A. Al-Sosowa, Mohammed N. Alhajj, Ehab A. Abdulghani, Essam Ahmed Al-Moraissi, ... Jing Wang

Practice-Related Research

• Functional Impairment and Periodontitis in Rheumatoid Arthritis
  
  Hiroko Hashimoto, Shimpei Hashimoto, Yoshihiro Shimazaki
  
   
• Significance of Endodontic Case Difficulty Assessment: A Retrospective Study
  
  Amal A. Almohaimede, Bashayer M. AlShehri, Amjad A. Alaiban, Rana A. AlDakhil
  
   
• Oral Health Literacy and Periodontal Disease in Primary Health Care Users
  
  Fernanda Maria Rovai Bado, Taís de Souza Barbosa, Gustavo Hermes Soares, Fábio Luiz Mialhe
  
   
• The Influence of the Maxillary Posterior Region on Smile Aesthetics in a Chinese Cohort
  
  Ning Wei, Cui Wang, Yanling Zhang, Yiping Wei, ... Kwok-Hung Chung
  
   
• Periodontal Care and Treatment Provision by General Dentists in France
  
  Yoann Maitre, Paul Tramini, Marie-Alix Fauroux, Damien Offner, ... Kenneth Eaton
  
   
• Indonesian Dentists’ Perception of the Use of TeledentistryAnandina Irmagita Soegyanto, Yuniardini Septorini Wimardhani, Diah Ayu Maharani, Marc Tennant
  
   
• Infection Prevention Strategies Concordance in Canadian Dental Schools During the COVID-19 Pandemic
  
  Noam Steinberg, Paul Allison, Liran Levin
  
   
• Aerosol Reduction of 2 Dental Extraoral Scavenger Devices In VitroDorottya Gheorghita, Fruzsina Kun Szabó, Tibor Ajtai, Szabolcs Hodovány, ... Márk Ádám Antal

International Public Health

• Smoking Status of Faculty and Their Tobacco Cessation Counselling Advisory
  
  Amrita Geevarghese, Jagan Kumar Baskaradoss, Tina N. Tsafa, Israel T Agaku
  
   
• Oral Health–Related Quality of Life of Refugees in Settlements in Greece
  
  Khaleda Zaheer, Kristina Wanyonyi, David M. Williams
  
   
• COVID-19–Related Factors Delaying Dental Visits of Workers in Japan
  
  Seitaro Suzuki, Atsushi Ohyama, Koichi Yoshino, Takako Eguchi, ... Naoki Sugihara
  
   
• A Scientometric Analysis of Scholarly Output on COVID-19 and Dentistry
  
  Frank Mayta-Tovalino, Carlos Quispe-Vicuña, Miguel Cabanillas-Lazo, Arnaldo Munive-Degregori, ... Roman Mendoza

Corrigendum

• Corrigendum to “Effects of Line of Vision on Posture, Muscle Activity, and Sitting Balance During Tooth Preparation” [International Dental Journal, Volume 71, Issue 5, 2021, pages 399–406]
  
  Katsushi Katano, Kazunori Nakajima, Maho Saito, Yoshiaki Kawano, ... Kenichi Fukuda
  
   

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