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      Looking to 2023 and thanks to 2022 JADA contributors

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      , DDS, MS
      Journal of the American Dental Association (1939)
      American Dental Association.

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          As a society, we continued to face myriad issues surrounding the global COVID-19 pandemic in 2022 while striving to transition toward a more socially engaged lifestyle. National and international meetings of scientific and health care organizations moved forward with a variety of platforms. Some groups canceled their programs altogether. Air travel remained challenging with people wanting to see loved ones, conduct business, travel to meetings, and enjoy leisure trips for the first time in several years. Yet flight cancellations were more common than any time since the pandemic. 1 There continued to be challenges with the oral health care workforce with shortages in a number of critical areas. Medicine faced significant challenges as well. To say that 2022 was a challenge would likely be an understatement in most people’s minds. During this turbulent and ofttimes challenging year, JADA endeavored to bring its readers useful information to help practitioners engage in the provision of oral health care in the face of the ongoing pandemic. During 2022, JADA continued to bring readers the latest science and evidence related to COVID -19 and oral health care. As of October 2022, over 20 scientific articles were published this year related to COVID-19. Topics ranged from severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 infection’s impact on dysgeusia and taste sensation to the effects of long COVID and the oral health implications. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the oral health of children was reported for the first time in addition to the incidence of COVID-19 in dental practitioners. Investigations on the benefits and effects of personal protective equipment and oral rinses to reduce transmission of severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 were published, informing practitioners of safety issues and procedures. The role of dentists as vaccinators, expanding the scope of dental practice to provide additional support of the health care team, was investigated, presented, and discussed in several 2022 JADA articles. In late December 2021, The National Institutes of Health report Oral Health in America: Advances and Challenges was published online. 2 Several editorials, commentaries, and a review of the impact and changes over the past 20 years on dental practice were published in JADA. Although advances have been made since the surgeon general’s oral health report in 2000, these JADA articles highlight the work remaining to be done and implications on funding of oral health care, work force issues, and the need to improve access, especially to vulnerable populations. Caries in permanent teeth remains the most common disease in humans globally with over 2.5 billion people affected. 3 The challenges to address the caries epidemic both in the United States and globally remain significant despite our improved understanding of its pathogenesis and treatment of this prevalent noncommunicable disease. In the May issue of JADA, the World Health Organizations oral health resolution and the importance of global oral health was highlighted and the call for a shift from curative to preventive care to address the ravages of oral diseases was discussed by Dr. Benoit Varenne. 4 The importance of oral health policy and the recognition of the significance of oral health both locally and globally are critical facets to improving the oral health of populations. A series of 2022 commentaries addressing global health themes were published on thought-provoking topics such as defining what is essential oral health care, how this related to universal health care, and how can we move toward providing oral health care more broadly to populations. The diversity of material in JADA, that literally spans the oral health care spectrum, is remarkable. Publication of this knowledge would not be possible without the thoughtful contributions and work of many different people, and I want to take this opportunity to thank those involved. The Journal would not exist if not for the investigators and clinicians that generate the information and write the manuscripts that fuel the monthly publication. As of October 1, 2022, well over 500 manuscripts had been submitted for publication. Of the 700 to 800 manuscripts submitted annually, only about 110 full manuscripts are published. Regardless of publication status, all submissions are important and represent important work by those of you dedicating your time to generating new information, synthesizing existing knowledge, and committing this work into writing that can then be shared with others. Your service is greatly appreciated, and I thank you. Selection of those published articles is the task of the editorial staff members who provide their expertise to assess the manuscripts and help ensure appropriate peer review of each article. My deepest thanks go to the outstanding JADA editorial group that bring their thoughts and talents to help make sure that the very best material is brought forth for publication. An essential task in the process of ensuring the importance and quality of information published in JADA is peer review. Last year we initiated a double-blind review process to help reduce the potential for bias. Reviewers give generously of their time and willingly share their knowledge and expertise, both of which are critical to having reviews that are constructive and directed at improving the quality of publications. A tremendous thank you goes out to the JADA reviewers. Without the support and dedication of this body of investigators, educators, scientists, and clinicians, there would be no peer evaluation and the fidelity and quality of the knowledge being published would be greatly diminished. JADA publishes the names of all individuals providing reviewer services during the previous year in the April issue as a tribute to their hard work. My final thank you is to the JADA readers, for it is you we serve in this publishing endeavor. It is hard to predict what 2023 will bring and what new challenges we may face. As Niels Bohr said, “Prediction is very difficult, especially if it is about the future.” The year 2023 marks 110 years of JADA, and our goal is to continue to help transform dentistry by disseminating useful, interesting, and scientifically sound information. We plan to have several special guest editorials that will highlight how we have progressed over the past 110 years and what changes the future of oral health sciences and clinical care might have in store The year 2023 marks 110 years of JADA, and our goal is to continue to help transform dentistry by disseminating useful, interesting, and scientifically sound information. . The year 2023 will bring new topics, themes, and information to the readers of JADA as we strive to keep you abreast of important topics related to daily practice and the science informing oral health care.

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          We aimed to consolidate all epidemiologic data about untreated caries and subsequently generate internally consistent prevalence and incidence estimates for all countries, 20 age groups, and both sexes for 1990 and 2010. The systematic search of the literature yielded 18,311 unique citations. After screening titles and abstracts, we excluded 10,461 citations as clearly irrelevant to this systematic review, leaving 1,682 for full-text review. Furthermore, 1,373 publications were excluded following the validity assessment. Overall, 192 studies of 1,502,260 children aged 1 to 14 y in 74 countries and 186 studies of 3,265,546 individuals aged 5 y or older in 67 countries were included in separate metaregressions for untreated caries in deciduous and permanent teeth, respectively, using modeling resources from the Global Burden of Disease 2010 study. In 2010, untreated caries in permanent teeth was the most prevalent condition worldwide, affecting 2.4 billion people, and untreated caries in deciduous teeth was the 10th-most prevalent condition, affecting 621 million children worldwide. The global age-standardized prevalence and incidence of untreated caries remained static between 1990 and 2010. There is evidence that the burden of untreated caries is shifting from children to adults, with 3 peaks in prevalence at ages 6, 25, and 70 y. Also, there were considerable variations in prevalence and incidence between regions and countries. Policy makers need to be aware of a predictable increasing burden of untreated caries due to population growth and longevity and a significant decrease in the prevalence of total tooth loss throughout the world from 1990 to 2010.
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              Journal
              J Am Dent Assoc
              J Am Dent Assoc
              Journal of the American Dental Association (1939)
              American Dental Association.
              0002-8177
              1943-4723
              25 October 2022
              25 October 2022
              Author notes
              []Address correspondence to Dr. Wright at Division of Pediatric Dentistry and Public Health, Adams School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 228 Brauer Hall, CB #7450, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
              Article
              S0002-8177(22)00612-2
              10.1016/j.adaj.2022.10.002
              9595332
              9bc505ec-329a-40a6-aa28-4afb6481051e
              © 2022 American Dental Association. All rights reserved.

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