title: Review of the 1993 dental materials literature.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Electronic databases are not sufficiently up to date to provide comprehensive notation of the most recent literature for reference in developing scientific papers. The objective of this summary was to identify and categorize the 1993 dental materials scientific literature that dealt with restorative dentistry.
  
  
  METHODS
  17 primary journals were manually searched via the tables of contents, and 101 secondary journals were manually or electronically searched. Dental materials citations were categorized into 15 major sections and several subsections, excluding case reports and all the literature primarily related to dental implants or biomedical materials outside of dentistry.
  
  
  RESULTS
  This study identified 786 citations, the largest number being associated with glass ionomers and composites.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This citation list provides a comprehensive source for review by academicians and researchers that bridges the gap between initial publication and electronic citation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Operative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Bayne
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Swift
mesh_terms: D003764:Dental Materials; D003793:Dental Restoration, Permanent; D016239:MEDLINE; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D003764:Dental Materials