Dental materials citations: Part B, July to December 1996

A search was conducted in biomedical journals from July 1996 to December 1996 to identify dental materials publications and sort them into major categories. They were compared by frequency in different journals and in different categories during recent years. Tables of contents for 16 primary and 51 secondary journals were inspected from July to December of 1996 and were divided into 17 categories. The frequencies of citations for primary journals and for different citation categories were examined over a four-year period from 1993 to 1996. There were 334 total citations from July to December 1996. The greatest number of citations continued to involve bonding (n = 159) and resin-based (composites; glass ionomers) restorative materials (n = 158). The numbers of articles by journal and by category were very similar over the last four years. The average number of articles per year was 531 ± 15. The literature citations compiled in this list provide a supplement for researchers and academicians to the current electronic databases.