In the June issue of the International Dental Journal (IDJ), discover how the dental profession and industry can help play an active role in protecting our planet’s environment. Discover the table of content of the new IDJ issue below and peruse the various articles made available to you on diverse oral health-related topics.

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, and interprofessional education and practice.

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Editorial

• Sustainable Oral Healthcare: A Joint Stakeholder Approach
  
  Nicolas Martin, Rachael England, Steven Mulligan

Commentary

• The Need for High-Quality Economic Evaluations in Dentistry
  
  Nicole Beck, Sung Eun Choi, Jane Barrow

Concise Clinical Reviews

• Chlorhexidine in Dentistry: Pharmacology, Uses, and Adverse Effects
  
  Frank Poppolo Deus, Aviv Ouanounou
  
   
• Characteristics of Suture Materials Used in Oral Surgery: Systematic Review
  
  Abdullah Faris, Lian Khalid, Mohammed Hashim, Sara Yaghi, ... Natheer Al-Rawi

Practice-Related Research

• Self-Perception of Teeth Alignment and Colour in Adolescents: A Cross-sectional Study
  
  Larissa Viana de Oliveira, Paulo Roberto Grafitti Colussi, Carla Cioato Piardi, Cassiano Kuchenbecker Rösing, Francisco Wilker Mustafa Gomes Muniz
  
   
• Managing Cardiac Patients: Dentists’ Knowledge, Perceptions, and Practices
  
  Maha A. Al-Mohaissen, Rabah Al-Mehisen, Terry Lee, Ebtissam M. Al-Madi
  
   
• Identifying Trends of Percutaneous Injuries at an Australian Dental School
  
  Richard Huynh, Deborah Du, Jun Ho Im, Jessica Zachar, Sobia Zafar
  
   
• Knowledge and Attitude of Dentists Towards Obstructive Sleep Apnea
  
  Manar Mohammed Alzahrani, Abdullah Ahmed Alghamdi, Somayah Abdullah Alghamdi, Renad Khalid Alotaibi
  
   
• Silver Diamine Fluoride Protocol for Reducing Preventable Dental Hospitalisations in Victorian Children
  
  Rana Yawary, Shalika Hegde
  
   
• Effect of Molar Occlusal Balance on Cognitive Function in the Elderly
  
  Min-Jeong Cho, Hae-Eun Shin, Atsuo Amano, Keun-Bae Song, Youn-Hee Choi
  
   
• A Survey of Systemic Antibiotic Prescription Patterns Amongst Iraqi Dentists
  
  Zaid A. Al Marah, Ali A. Abdulkareem, Sarhang S. Gul, Muhanad L. Alshami
  
   
• Effect of Additional Light Curing on Colour Stability of Composite Resins
  
  Kubra Alan Unsal, Emel Karaman
  
   
• SARS-CoV-2 IgG Amongst Dental Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic
  
  Irena Duś-Ilnicka, Anna Szczygielska, Amadeusz Kuźniarski, Aleksander Szymczak, ... Małgorzata Radwan-Oczko

International Public Health

• Varying Manpower Alters Dental Health in a Developing Health Care System
  
  Fariborz Bayat, Miira M. Vehkalahti, Alireza Akbarzadeh, Farshid Monajemi
  
   
• Reasons for Tooth Extractions in Japan: The Second Nationwide Survey
  
  Seitaro Suzuki, Naoki Sugihara, Hideyuki Kamijo, Manabu Morita, ... Tamotsu Sato
  
   
• Worldwide Review of Dental Hygienists’ Extended Scope of Practice in Radiology
  
  Meryam Bozia, Erwin Berkhout, Fridus van der Weijden, Dagmar Else Slot
  
   
• Early Childhood Caries in Victorian Preschoolers: A Cross-Sectional Study
  
  Helen Graesser, Rachel Sore, John Rogers, Deb Cole, Shalika Hegde
  
   
• Feeding Practices and Early Childhood Caries in Korean Preschool Children
  
  You Hyun Park, Yoon Young Choi
  
   
• Improvements in Dental Health and Dentists’ Workload in Norway, 1992 to 2015
  
  Jostein Grytten, Irene Skau

Interprofessional Education and Practice

• Oral Health Knowledge and Habits of People With Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes
  
  Dorottya Banyai, Adam Vegh, Zita Biczo, Mark Thomaz Ugliara Barone, ... Daniel Vegh
  
   
• Dentists’ Perception of Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders
  
  Bassel Tarakji
  
   

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