California Women in Dentistry: A Look Back.

California’s female dentists have experienced many professional and societal challenges. Their earliest achievements and successes are examined, including their history in the early California schools of dentistry and dental societies, their service and professional practice. A diverse selection of female dentists from California with different professional career paths is profiled.

Advice for a young editor: risks and rewards of dental journalism.

Editors and authors care to communicate with readers, and this concern guides their work. Politics is part of the job. There are organizations and various support for beginning editors, but becoming engaged with many colleagues and reading widely are essential for editors.

Continued competency: a practicing dentist's perspective.

As professionals, dentists should continue to learn and improve our skills throughout our careers. Continued competency testing, however, will neither assure nor accurately measure this process. It isn't necessary, won't improve the public's dental health, and would be very expensive.