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for The Journal! You m anaged to remove the stodginess w ithout losing the professionalism that the publication requires. The clarity and accessibility of the editorial content is greatly improved, and the inclusion of the Kennedy interview is an interesting addition. I hope th at such a colum n will be a recurring feature, especially w hen the subject of the interview has such a potential to affect our lives and practices. You did make one m onum ental error, though. The report on the dental Procedure Codes was badly frag m en ted ... Could this be a clever way to entice us to order a copy of the CDT-1 book, or was it just a result of the last-minute rush to m eet publishing deadlines? At any rate, I tru st that you will rep rin t the codes in The Journal in a m ore readable, continuous format. Jam es A. F erguson, D.D.S. P ittsburgh
Congratulations on the new format of our journal. It is a nice improvement. However, I have a complaint— the ADA Procedure Codes is listed very poorly. These codes should be listed in a m anner th at is easily usable. The way they are listed in w ith the ads makes it m ost difficult to use. Would it be possible to publish a listing of the codes so th at they are m ore easily used? R obert A. Starr, D.D.S. A rkansas City, Kan.
I believe the January issue of JADA was harder to read, NOT easier. While flipping through the pages, I found it difficult to distinguish the articles from the ads. The advertisem ents appear more prom inent than the printed 16 JADA, Vol. 122, March 1991
articles. The titles to both columns and features don’t stand out. The illustrations are horrendous; the interview with the senator is not even related to dentistry; and the way you printed the Codes over 20 pages is simply stupid. Thanks for placing the JADA in the same class as Dentist and Dentistry Today. I would encourage you to check out a copy of Mosby’s Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry to see w hat a real professional journal both looks and reads like. My JADA is where the likes of the “free” subscription dental magazines go after glancing at it once through—the trash. It’s too bad, after JPD, JADA was my favorite dental publication V. Rapini, D.D.S. St. Louis
Editor's note: The code is reprinted in full, and without the interruption o f ads, in this issue o f JADA. I just received the January JADA... and am thrilled w ith the new look! T here’s no doubt about it—this is the m ost im portant major change in that magazine’s history. You have brought The Journal into the 21st century! It is a beauty to behold and a joy to read. The new layout certainly makes it a pleasure to tu rn from page to page and so m uch easier to grasp w hat is on those pages. The spectacular use of art also helps to give an air of excitem ent not only to The Journal, but to dentistry itself! No one knows m ore than a past editor of dental journals just exactly how hard and how great an accom plishm ent like this has been. I congratulate you and your outstanding staff on a job
magnificently done! Ronald E. G oldstein, D.D.S. A tlanta
I am writing this letter to express my extrem e displeasure with the new form at of The Journal of the American Dental Association. The new form at is similar to a num ber of commercial magazines but has no place in scientific journalism . It is unprofessional, removes credibility from the articles, and is difficult to read with the text interrupted with marginally related artwork. Please return to a scientific format. I would be em barrassed to show The Journal to any colleague in a medical or scientific field. David S. Evaskus, D.D.S., M.S. Skokie, 111.
I would appreciate it if you would p rint a conclusion or abstract of the scientific articles in The Journal. I prefer to read the conclusion or an abstract of a scientific article in order to decide if I w ant to read the whole article. I missed the conclusion or abstract of the scientific articles in the January issue of The Journal. Lynn H am er, D.D.S. D odge City, Kan.
Do I like the new design of JADA? Hell no! Why do dentists need a journal th at is filled w ith cartoons; that looks like an elem entary school primer; th at has a confusing index; that hides the authors’ identities; th at presents entire articles in sidebars; ad nauseum. The New England Journal of Medicine is one of the m ost pres tigious and frequently cited profes-
Congratulations on the new format of our journal. It is a nice improvement. However, I have a complaint— the ADA Procedure Codes is listed very poorly. These codes should be listed in a m anner th at is easily usable. The way they are listed in w ith the ads makes it m ost difficult to use. Would it be possible to publish a listing of the codes so th at they are m ore easily used? R obert A. Starr, D.D.S. A rkansas City, Kan.
I believe the January issue of JADA was harder to read, NOT easier. While flipping through the pages, I found it difficult to distinguish the articles from the ads. The advertisem ents appear more prom inent than the printed 16 JADA, Vol. 122, March 1991
articles. The titles to both columns and features don’t stand out. The illustrations are horrendous; the interview with the senator is not even related to dentistry; and the way you printed the Codes over 20 pages is simply stupid. Thanks for placing the JADA in the same class as Dentist and Dentistry Today. I would encourage you to check out a copy of Mosby’s Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry to see w hat a real professional journal both looks and reads like. My JADA is where the likes of the “free” subscription dental magazines go after glancing at it once through—the trash. It’s too bad, after JPD, JADA was my favorite dental publication V. Rapini, D.D.S. St. Louis
Editor's note: The code is reprinted in full, and without the interruption o f ads, in this issue o f JADA. I just received the January JADA... and am thrilled w ith the new look! T here’s no doubt about it—this is the m ost im portant major change in that magazine’s history. You have brought The Journal into the 21st century! It is a beauty to behold and a joy to read. The new layout certainly makes it a pleasure to tu rn from page to page and so m uch easier to grasp w hat is on those pages. The spectacular use of art also helps to give an air of excitem ent not only to The Journal, but to dentistry itself! No one knows m ore than a past editor of dental journals just exactly how hard and how great an accom plishm ent like this has been. I congratulate you and your outstanding staff on a job
magnificently done! Ronald E. G oldstein, D.D.S. A tlanta
I am writing this letter to express my extrem e displeasure with the new form at of The Journal of the American Dental Association. The new form at is similar to a num ber of commercial magazines but has no place in scientific journalism . It is unprofessional, removes credibility from the articles, and is difficult to read with the text interrupted with marginally related artwork. Please return to a scientific format. I would be em barrassed to show The Journal to any colleague in a medical or scientific field. David S. Evaskus, D.D.S., M.S. Skokie, 111.
I would appreciate it if you would p rint a conclusion or abstract of the scientific articles in The Journal. I prefer to read the conclusion or an abstract of a scientific article in order to decide if I w ant to read the whole article. I missed the conclusion or abstract of the scientific articles in the January issue of The Journal. Lynn H am er, D.D.S. D odge City, Kan.
Do I like the new design of JADA? Hell no! Why do dentists need a journal th at is filled w ith cartoons; that looks like an elem entary school primer; th at has a confusing index; that hides the authors’ identities; th at presents entire articles in sidebars; ad nauseum. The New England Journal of Medicine is one of the m ost pres tigious and frequently cited profes-