British Dental Journal

Our medical research library holds 5 studies published in British Dental Journal (2008–2009). Each entry links to the study's record on PubMed and, where there is one, to the publisher's page and a free full text. 1 have an abstract, the authors' own summary as PubMed records it: open "Abstract" to read it. For 1 study PubMed has no abstract for, we give the abstract printed in the article or, where there is none, a summary we wrote from it, each labeled as such.

About the journal

• Publisher: British Dental Journal
• Published: 1903 to the present, England
• Language: English
• ISSN: 0007-0610 (print), 1476-5373 (electronic)
• Continues: Journal of the British Dental Association
• Absorbed: Mouth Mirror and Dental Gazette in 1950, and Dental Magazine in Oct. 1970
• Its record in the NLM Catalog

2000s

• An investigation into asbestos related disease in the dental industry. C. Fry. 2009;206(10):515-6. PubMed · Publisher

  Abstract

  This article discusses the dangers of the asbestos-based disease mesothelioma and the possible origins of this form of cancer in dental professionals. The potential for an increase in diagnosed cases of mesothelioma among dentists and technicians in future is highlighted.

• Asbestos related disease investigated. 2009;206(10):512. Comment · News PubMed · Publisher

• Asbestos awareness. C. Fry. 2008;204(9):476-7. Letter PubMed · Publisher

• Asbestos dressing. A. Cook. 2008;204(5):224. Letter PubMed · Publisher

  Summary

  This letter to the editor responded to a published obituary of Richard James Bourne (BDJ 2007; 203: 715), who died of mesothelioma. The obituary had suggested that his only exposure to asbestos had been in the 'tunnels' of University College Hospital (UCH). The author said he had no knowledge of the periodontal treatment methods used at UCH. He then described his own experience as a student in 1967/8 at the Royal Dental Hospital of London. There, an 'asbestos resin dressing' was applied to patients' freshly cut gums. The powder mixture came from the clinic stores. It was mixed with eugenol on a glass slab next to the patient in the dental chair, rolled into a sausage shape and applied with bare fingers. The author recalled a fellow student remarking at the time that asbestos causes cancer. He cited two textbooks used by his teachers that gave the recipe for this gingivectomy dressing: Wade's Basic periodontology (2nd edition, 1965, p 235) and Manson's Periodontics for the dental practitioner (1966, p 77). The letter reported no measurements or data and drew no further conclusion.

  PubMed has no abstract for this study, and the article doesn't print one. We wrote this summary from the full article with the help of AI. It is not the authors' wording.

• Carcinogenic asbestos. M. Yewe-Dyer. 2008;204(10):544. Comment · Letter PubMed · Publisher

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