The Primary Dental Journal is a quarterly peer-reviewed medical journal aimed at primary dental care practitioners. It is published by SAGE Publishing on behalf of the College of General Dentistry, of which it is its official journal.[1][2] The editor-in-chief is Professor Igor Blum.[3]
| Discipline | Dentistry |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Igor Blum |
| Publication details | |
Former name(s) | Primary Dental Care; Team in Practice; First-hand |
| History | 1994-present |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing on behalf of the College of General Dentistry (United Kingdom) |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Hybrid | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Prim. Dent. J. |
| NLM | Prim Dent J |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 2050-1684 (print) 2050-1692 (web) |
| OCLC no. | 817904464 |
Primary Dental Care: | |
| ISSN | 1355-7610 (print) 1741-9344 (web) |
Team in practice: | |
| ISSN | 1741-9379 (print) 1741-9352 (web) |
First-hand: | |
| ISSN | 1473-9526 |
| Links | |
History edit
The journal was established in 2012 following the merger of previous publications, Primary Dental Care (which was first published in 1994),[4][5] Team in Practice (which was first published in 2004),[4][5] and First-hand (the newsletter of the Faculty of General Dental Practitioners). Previously published by Sage under the Faculty of General Dental Practice of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, since July 2021 the Primary Dental Journal has been published under the College of General Dentistry (CGDent).[5]
Content edit
The journal publishes news, editorials, features on current issues, research, clinical articles, and scenario articles.[6][3] It publishes three themed issues on topics such as tooth wear, orthodontics, dental emergencies, and leadership, management, and professionalism and one general issue per year.[6][7]
Abstracting and indexing edit
The journal is abstracted and indexed in MEDLINE/PubMed,[5] Scopus,[8] and CINAHL.[9]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Primary Dental Journal". SAGE Publishing. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
- ^ "Primary Dental Journal". cgdent.uk. Retrieved 2021-12-30.
- ^ a b "Primary Dental Journal". SAGE Publishing. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
- ^ a b "Supporting the team, benefitting patients". British Dental Journal. 213 (8): 420. 26 October 2012. doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.2012.970. S2CID 2621678.
- ^ a b c d "Primary Dental Journal". NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
- ^ a b "Primary Dental Journal". Faculty of General Dental Practice, Royal College of Surgeons of England. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
- ^ "Free access to the Primary Dental Journal". British Dental Journal. 229 (2): 85. 24 July 2020. doi:10.1038/s41415-020-1974-z. PMID 32710048.
- ^ "Source details: Primary Dental Journal". Scopus Preview. Elsevier. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
- ^ "CINAHL Complete Database Coverage List". CINAHL. EBSCO Information Services. Retrieved 2021-01-20.