Report of the Committee on Scientific Investigation of the American Academy of Restorative Dentistry

Subjects of the past decade in the dental literature are reflected in this year's Committee report. We note the decrease in the prevalence of caries, the influence of dental implants, the advancements in dental materials, and the continued efforts to control adhesive events in the oral cavity. This year we included comments from and about many significant review articles published this past year. The Committee continues to be concerned about the quality of some of the work reported and the quality of the reporting. We have attempted to select the distinguished work, that which provides new information to our profession. The subjects covered include pulp biology, caries prevention, periodontics, implants, craniomandibular function and dysfunction, occlusion, and dental materials.