Journal of Investigative and Clinical Dentistry (2011), 2, 1
EDITORIAL
JICD matters quality of the journal, although unfortunately, it also means that the manuscript rejection rate, now approaching 70%, would disappoint a fair proportion of authors. The journal also strives to maintain a rapid publication rate and I am thankful to our expert panel of reviewers for helping us to do so. Once again, in this issue, we attempt to provide you with a wide coverage of comprehensive, cutting edge research and discovery, and we sincerely believe that it will add to the growing reputation of JICD as a focused journal that helps to publish the oral and stomatological investigations, particularly from the developing regions of the World. Happy reading! Dear readers, Happy New Year and welcome to the third issue of JICD! Once again the current issue of JICD is packed with articles from around the globe, particularly from the Asian region in keeping with our pledge of being an Asia focused journal. Three of the nine articles in this issue are related to oral medicine, beginning with a concise review by Warnakulasuriya and Cain1 on the intense debate on screening for oral cancer. This is a timely and a succinct review on the evidence base around the oral cancer screening debate. The remaining two articles on oral medicine from India2 and Syria3 address the debilitating condition of submucous fibrosis, common in the Indian subcontinent, and gene polymorphism in autosomal amelogenesis imperfecta among Syrian families, respectively. Periodontology also features well in this edition with articles on P. gingivalis and the use of chlorhexidine mouthwash in chronic periodontitis patients.4–6 Paedodontics, oral epidemiology and dental biomaterials are other disciplines that are spotlighted in the remainder of the articles. We are also grateful for the large numbers of manuscripts we continuously receive since the inception of JICD less than a year ago. This helps us to maintain the
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Prof. Lakshman Samaranayake Editor-in-Chief University of Hong Kong References 1 Warnakulasuriya S, Cain N. Screening for oral cancer: contributing to the debate. J Invest Clin Dent 2011; 2: 2–9. 2 Shilpa BJ, Ashok L, Veerendra Swamy SM. Esophageal changes in oral submucous fibrosis using fiber-optic endoscopy. J Invest Clin Dent 2011; 2: 10–15. 3 Dashash M, Bazrafshani MR, Poulton K, Jaber S, Naeem E, Blinkhorn AS. Enamelin/ameloblastin gene polymorphisms in autosomal amelogenesis imperfecta among Syrian families. J Invest Clin Dent 2011; 2: 16–22. 4 Grenier D, Cazalis J, Gagnon G. Response of periodontitis and healthy patients in a Porphyromonas gingivalisstimulated whole-blood model. J Invest Clin Dent 2011; 2: 38–42. 5 Tenenbaum H, Luc J, Schaaf J-F et al. An 8-week, randomized, controlled, clinical study of the use of a 0.1% chlorhexidine mouthwash by chronic periodontitis patients. J Invest Clin Dent 2011; 2: 29–37. 6 Choonharuangdej S, Chutinet A, Kuphasuk Y. Crevicular Porphyromonas gingivalis-specific immunoglobulin A levels in healthy and periodontitis-affected Thai cohorts. J Invest Clin Dent 2011; 2: 43–50.
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EDITORIAL
JICD matters quality of the journal, although unfortunately, it also means that the manuscript rejection rate, now approaching 70%, would disappoint a fair proportion of authors. The journal also strives to maintain a rapid publication rate and I am thankful to our expert panel of reviewers for helping us to do so. Once again, in this issue, we attempt to provide you with a wide coverage of comprehensive, cutting edge research and discovery, and we sincerely believe that it will add to the growing reputation of JICD as a focused journal that helps to publish the oral and stomatological investigations, particularly from the developing regions of the World. Happy reading! Dear readers, Happy New Year and welcome to the third issue of JICD! Once again the current issue of JICD is packed with articles from around the globe, particularly from the Asian region in keeping with our pledge of being an Asia focused journal. Three of the nine articles in this issue are related to oral medicine, beginning with a concise review by Warnakulasuriya and Cain1 on the intense debate on screening for oral cancer. This is a timely and a succinct review on the evidence base around the oral cancer screening debate. The remaining two articles on oral medicine from India2 and Syria3 address the debilitating condition of submucous fibrosis, common in the Indian subcontinent, and gene polymorphism in autosomal amelogenesis imperfecta among Syrian families, respectively. Periodontology also features well in this edition with articles on P. gingivalis and the use of chlorhexidine mouthwash in chronic periodontitis patients.4–6 Paedodontics, oral epidemiology and dental biomaterials are other disciplines that are spotlighted in the remainder of the articles. We are also grateful for the large numbers of manuscripts we continuously receive since the inception of JICD less than a year ago. This helps us to maintain the
ª 2011 Blackwell Publishing Asia Pty Ltd
Prof. Lakshman Samaranayake Editor-in-Chief University of Hong Kong References 1 Warnakulasuriya S, Cain N. Screening for oral cancer: contributing to the debate. J Invest Clin Dent 2011; 2: 2–9. 2 Shilpa BJ, Ashok L, Veerendra Swamy SM. Esophageal changes in oral submucous fibrosis using fiber-optic endoscopy. J Invest Clin Dent 2011; 2: 10–15. 3 Dashash M, Bazrafshani MR, Poulton K, Jaber S, Naeem E, Blinkhorn AS. Enamelin/ameloblastin gene polymorphisms in autosomal amelogenesis imperfecta among Syrian families. J Invest Clin Dent 2011; 2: 16–22. 4 Grenier D, Cazalis J, Gagnon G. Response of periodontitis and healthy patients in a Porphyromonas gingivalisstimulated whole-blood model. J Invest Clin Dent 2011; 2: 38–42. 5 Tenenbaum H, Luc J, Schaaf J-F et al. An 8-week, randomized, controlled, clinical study of the use of a 0.1% chlorhexidine mouthwash by chronic periodontitis patients. J Invest Clin Dent 2011; 2: 29–37. 6 Choonharuangdej S, Chutinet A, Kuphasuk Y. Crevicular Porphyromonas gingivalis-specific immunoglobulin A levels in healthy and periodontitis-affected Thai cohorts. J Invest Clin Dent 2011; 2: 43–50.
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