Answering clinical questions in practice

David Tovey, newly appointed Editor in Chief of the Cochrane Library will speak at Grand Rounds at the Children's Hospital at Westmead on "Answering clinical questions in practice"


Where: Lorimer Dods Lecture Theatre, Children's Hospital at Westmead

When: Thursday 5th February 1-2pm.



David Tovey qualified in Medicine from Bristol University in the UK. He was a GP in an urban practice in South London for 14 years, and combined this with work in continuing medical education. In 2003 he left general practice and moved to the BMJ, where he became Deputy Editor, then Editor of Clinical Evidence. For the last two years he has been Editorial Director of the BMJ Evidence Centre, with responsibility for Clinical Evidence, its sister product BestTreatments aimed at the public, and the development of both the new BMJ Point of Care online product, and order entry sets in association with the Cerner Corporation. He was appointed as Editor in Chief of the Cochrane Library in late 2008, and started work for the Collaboration in January 2009.

New e-book

Encyclopedia of neuroscience. / edited by Marc D. Binder [et al.]. New York : Springer Online, 2008.

This user-friendly reference tool will be indispensable to basic and clinical scientists, students and practitioners.

You can now access it 24/7 from virtually anywhere with your UniKey. Or if you are on campus, just click on the link in the catalogue.

Books received this week

Primary preventive dentistry edited by Norman O. Harris (et al). 7th ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson, c2009.

Description: This textbook focuses on the clinical application of primary preventive dentistry procedures to control plaque diseases. A good book on dental hygiene for both oral health and dentistry students as well as dentists.







The Herbst appliance : research-based clinical management. / Hans Pancherz, Sabine Ruf. Berlin ; London : Quintessence Pub. Co., c2008.

Description: This book is based on more than 30 years of scientific and clinical work with the Herbst appliance in the therapy of Class II malocclusions. It also addresses the possible harmful effects of the Herbst appliance on the temporomandibular joint, the anchorage teeth, and the tooth-supporting hard and soft tissue structures.

Could alcohol-containing mouthwashes contribute to the increased risk of oral cancer?

MJ McCullough, CS Farah.The role of alcohol in oral carcinogenesis with particular reference to alcohol-containing mouthwashes. Australian Dental Journal 2008 Dec;53(4):302-5.

ABSTRACT
Worldwide, oral cancer represents approximately 5 per cent of all malignant lesions, with over 800 new intra-oral squamous cell carcinomas registered in Australia each year. Despite recent advances in therapy, the five-year survival rate remains around 50 per cent and the sequelae of treatment can be seriously debilitating. It has been long established that smoking and alcohol consumption are risk factors linked to the development of oral cancer. This review assesses the epidemiological evidence, supportive in vitro studies and mechanism by which alcohol is involved in the development of oral cancer. Further, we review the literature that associates alcohol-containing mouthwashes and oral cancer. On the basis of this review, we believe that there is now sufficient evidence to accept the proposition that alcohol-containing mouthwashes contribute to the increased risk of development of oral cancer and further feel that it is inadvisable for oral healthcare professionals to recommend the long-term use of alcohol-containing mouthwashes.

Source: Wiley Interscience acessed on 11 January 2009

At the time of this posting full text access to the December 2008 issue is not available to us. You can read this article in the Library or if you are at Westmead, please submit an online document delivery request

New books received this week

Dentist's guide to medical conditions and complications / Kanchan M. Ganda. Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell, 2008.

Description: Covering a variety of common conditions, the book's practical format will help dentists, dental students and dental hygienists update their skills for treating medically compromised patients.






Mini-implants in orthodontics: innovative anchorage concepts. / edited by: Björn Ludwig (et al). London ; Chicago : Quintessence Pub. Co., c2008.

Description: This publication is a practical illustrated handbook for the clinical use of orthodontic implants. It provides an extensive, authoritative and eminently practical survey of orthodontic implantology.






Local anaesthesia in dentistry. / J.A. Baart, H.S. Brand (editors) ; translated by Joanne Orton, Henk Brand and Jacques Baart. Oxford ; Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.

Description: A practical guide to this essential area of dentistry originally published in Dutch. It provides clear guidance to the administration of local anaesthesia, introduces students to the concept of nerve conduction and pain, and explains the anatomy of the trigeminal nerve.

New Publications by Faculty of Dentistry Staff and Students, December 2008.

The following papers have been added to PubMed in the last 30 days:


Zou W, Gao J, Jones AS, Hunter N, Swain MV.Characterization of a novel calibration method for mineral density determination of dentine by X-ray micro-tomography. Analyst 2009 Jan;134(1):72-9.

Bhutada MK, Phanachet I, Whittle T, Peck CC, Murray GM. Regional properties of the superior head of human lateral pterygoid muscle. European journal of oral sciences 2008 Dec;116(6):518-24.

Season's Greetings from the librarian

Wishing you Merry Christmas and Happy New Year with this beautiful card. Thank you for your support throughout 2008 and I am looking forward seeing you on the 5th of January 2009 when the Library reopens. Best wishes,
Lajos.

Seminar on Publishing Excellence: Beyond Impact Factor.

Nature Publishing Group (NPG) and Thomson Reuters will hold a joint seminar on Publishing Excellence and how to correctly interpret journal citation data on the 23rd January in Sydney. This seminar will go into detail about the use and misuse of impact factors along with a detailed presentation by Leslie Sage, senior editor, physical sciences, Nature, on how to get published in Nature.

In total four speakers will present on the following:

1. Antoine Bocquet
Associate Director, Asia-Pacific, Nature Publishing Group (NPG)
Executive Vice-President, NPG Nature Asia-Pacific
"Growth of Nature Publishing Group"

2. Dr Leslie Sage
Senior editor, physical sciences, Nature
"How to publish a paper in Nature"

3. Dr Berenika M Webster
Strategic Business Manager, Thomson Reuters Scientific, Asia Pacific
"About use and misuse of impact factor and other citation metrics"

4. Dr. Dugald McGlashan
Associate Publisher, Asian AJ Journals
"Developments in author and reader services in a changing publishing
landscape"

This seminar is free to attend and open to all who have interest in publishing in Nature titles and journal citation data.Click here to reserve your seat now!