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EDITORIAL
What's in a name? This is the first issue of ORAL SURGERY,ORAL MEDICINE, ORAL PATHOLOGY, ORAL RADIOLOGY, AND ENDODONTICS. The new title is something that has been evolving for the last several years. The rationale for the change is that the title of a journal should reflect its contents. The original JOURNAL was designed primarily to publish articles concerning oral surgery, oral medicine, and oral pathology. As has been evident for quite some time, the current contents have expanded substantially from that. There have been a large number of excellent articles published in both the endodontics and oral radiology sections. Therefore the need to change the title of the JOURNAL to include these two sections became increasingly evident. With the support of the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology and the section of endodontics under the leadership of Dr. Sam Seltzer, we made the decision to change the title effective January 1995. The cover will remain similar to the new cover, which was started last year, and will reflect the heritage of the JOURNAL. Also beginning with this issue are two new section editors. Dr. Jed Jaeobson, Professor of Oral Medicine in the College of Dentistry at the University of Michigan, assumes the editorship for the section of Oral Medicine. Dr. Jacobson was elected as the editor of the section by the executive committee of the American Academy of Oral Medicine. Dr. Richard Walton is the new editor of the section of Endodontics. Dr. Walton is Professor and Chair of the Department of Endodontics at the University of Iowa College of Dentistry. I am confident that both of these two new section editors will be rigorous in their reviews and supportative both of the JOURNALand of potential authors. We would also like to extend our sincere and heartfelt thanks to the two departing section editors, Drs. Dean Millard and Sam Seltzer. They have served the JOURNAL well and their friendship, loyalty, and support will be sorely missed. I would like to mention several of the JOURNAL'S newer features. The first is the new Clinicopathologic Conference (CPC), which will be published approximately six times a year. The purpose of this feature will
be to allow authors to submit interesting cases in a format that can be valuable as a teaching exercise. The article will be printed in such a way that the "puzzle answer" is on a separate page so that the reader can truly attempt to arrive at a diagnosis before turning to the correct diagnosis. The specifics of submission are described in the "Instructions for Authors" in each issue. Another feature is review articles, which are designed to provide discussions of contemporary understanding of evolving issues. The purpose is not to provide an exhaustive historic review of a topic, but rather to serve as a review of the current status of some contemporary issue. The goal is to review, summarize, and synthesize the contemporary literature regarding that particular topic. In the 1994 volumes, the JOURNAL saw the introduction of color. This color has provided a great deal of excitement among our readership, and we have received a number of very positive comments regarding it. Color will be offered only on a bimonthly bases. Senior residents in oral and maxillofacial surgery continue to receive the JOURNAL at no charge. This has been possible because of sponsorship by the Walter Lorenz Instrument Company. Efforts are being made to achieve similar support for pathology, radiology, and endodontic residents. Finally, the number of articles being submitted to the JOURNAL has increased over the past 2 years. The acceptance rate is about 64% at this time. Although it is encouraging to the editorial board to receive increased number of articles, it is important for authors to realize that the isolated single case report is not likely to receive a favorable review. However it is possible that certain interesting case reports could be reported in the Letters to the editor section. We look forward to an exciting 1995. We will surely see increasing large numbers of articles being submitted, and the quality of these articles is also likely to increase substantially. I believe that our readership will be in for a real treat in 1995.
Larry J. Peterson, DDS Editor-in-Chief
EDITORIAL
What's in a name? This is the first issue of ORAL SURGERY,ORAL MEDICINE, ORAL PATHOLOGY, ORAL RADIOLOGY, AND ENDODONTICS. The new title is something that has been evolving for the last several years. The rationale for the change is that the title of a journal should reflect its contents. The original JOURNAL was designed primarily to publish articles concerning oral surgery, oral medicine, and oral pathology. As has been evident for quite some time, the current contents have expanded substantially from that. There have been a large number of excellent articles published in both the endodontics and oral radiology sections. Therefore the need to change the title of the JOURNAL to include these two sections became increasingly evident. With the support of the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology and the section of endodontics under the leadership of Dr. Sam Seltzer, we made the decision to change the title effective January 1995. The cover will remain similar to the new cover, which was started last year, and will reflect the heritage of the JOURNAL. Also beginning with this issue are two new section editors. Dr. Jed Jaeobson, Professor of Oral Medicine in the College of Dentistry at the University of Michigan, assumes the editorship for the section of Oral Medicine. Dr. Jacobson was elected as the editor of the section by the executive committee of the American Academy of Oral Medicine. Dr. Richard Walton is the new editor of the section of Endodontics. Dr. Walton is Professor and Chair of the Department of Endodontics at the University of Iowa College of Dentistry. I am confident that both of these two new section editors will be rigorous in their reviews and supportative both of the JOURNALand of potential authors. We would also like to extend our sincere and heartfelt thanks to the two departing section editors, Drs. Dean Millard and Sam Seltzer. They have served the JOURNAL well and their friendship, loyalty, and support will be sorely missed. I would like to mention several of the JOURNAL'S newer features. The first is the new Clinicopathologic Conference (CPC), which will be published approximately six times a year. The purpose of this feature will
be to allow authors to submit interesting cases in a format that can be valuable as a teaching exercise. The article will be printed in such a way that the "puzzle answer" is on a separate page so that the reader can truly attempt to arrive at a diagnosis before turning to the correct diagnosis. The specifics of submission are described in the "Instructions for Authors" in each issue. Another feature is review articles, which are designed to provide discussions of contemporary understanding of evolving issues. The purpose is not to provide an exhaustive historic review of a topic, but rather to serve as a review of the current status of some contemporary issue. The goal is to review, summarize, and synthesize the contemporary literature regarding that particular topic. In the 1994 volumes, the JOURNAL saw the introduction of color. This color has provided a great deal of excitement among our readership, and we have received a number of very positive comments regarding it. Color will be offered only on a bimonthly bases. Senior residents in oral and maxillofacial surgery continue to receive the JOURNAL at no charge. This has been possible because of sponsorship by the Walter Lorenz Instrument Company. Efforts are being made to achieve similar support for pathology, radiology, and endodontic residents. Finally, the number of articles being submitted to the JOURNAL has increased over the past 2 years. The acceptance rate is about 64% at this time. Although it is encouraging to the editorial board to receive increased number of articles, it is important for authors to realize that the isolated single case report is not likely to receive a favorable review. However it is possible that certain interesting case reports could be reported in the Letters to the editor section. We look forward to an exciting 1995. We will surely see increasing large numbers of articles being submitted, and the quality of these articles is also likely to increase substantially. I believe that our readership will be in for a real treat in 1995.
Larry J. Peterson, DDS Editor-in-Chief