CLINICAL TRIALS IN DENTISTRY, A NEW EVIDENCE-BASED JOURNAL FOR THE DENTAL PROFESSION

I am proud to present a new scientific clinical journal “Clinical Trials in Dentistry”.
The focus of this new journal is to provide reliable scientific evidence to clinicians and patients on the most effective interventions in dentistry.
Why a new journal? This is the most common question I am asked. A new journal is needed because there are no other journals in dentistry specifically publishing reliable clinical trials in a broad range of dental specialties, keeping in mind that the relevance of clinical research will increase in the near future also for the industry due to new European regulations soon to be implemented.
Relevant and transparent randomised controlled trials, cohort studies, case-control studies and systematic reviews focussing on patient treatments in dentistry are warmly welcomed.
The journal will be published by the Italian publisher EDRA. EDRA is an emerging publishing house in the scientific world that strongly believes in this project, sharing our vision and ambitions and is courageously supporting us in this new adventure.
Our aim is not to publish a mass of articles but filter relevant and honest papers that will help all of us in taking evidence-informed clinical decisions for better patient care. It will take some time to be listed in Scopus, Science Citation Index, Medline and to obtain an impact factor, but as we did it before, we shall do it again.
I will be assisted by two valid and prepared Associate Editors: Michele Nieri and Jacopo Buti. Both have an extensive experience in international research, additional degrees in statistics and are from the town where Renaissance was born, Florence.
We shall try our best to select impartially and promote the best manuscripts according to scientific standards. We are optimistic and strongly motivated so time will tell about this new adventure, hoping that the loyal, the brave and the bold readers will follow us.

Happy reading
Marco, Michele and Jacopo