Anatomical journals as publication platforms for dental research.

For the benefit of medical and dental patients, there is a great need for international knowledge exchange, intensive cooperation between basic science and clinical experience and the integration of new research results into everyday practice. Equally important, however, is the interdisciplinary exchange of knowledge between medical professionals, dentists and researchers. So far, it has been more of a standard that certain disciplines, such as anatomy, cell biology, urology, dentistry, etc. published in special trade journals and thus usually only read by certain specialists. This is actually no longer up-to-date. For this reason, the anatomical journal Annals of Anatomy has firmly established itself as an interdisciplinary publication medium. In order to make the latest dental research results accessible to an interdisciplinary specialist audience, the special issue "Dentistry" has become a fixed component of the peer reviewed Journal "Annals of Anatomy" over the past 10 years presenting new results in bone and gingival regeneration, implant and aesthetic dentistry as well as dental and maxillofacial anatomy. In this review, all previously published dental studies were summarized, interpreted and the most important conclusions worked out. This was intended to emphasize the importance of dental research, also with regard to interdisciplinary issues.