The June 2002 issue of the Journal of the California Dental Association focuses on crown fractures with exposed pulps.

Treatment of Crown Fractures With Exposed Pulps
With proper case selection, careful partial pulpotomy remains a prudent treatment choice for crown fractures with exposed pulps.
Lucia Blanco, DDS, and Stephen Cohen, MA, DDS

Dental Care for Individuals With Developmental Disabilities is Expensive but Needed
Individuals with mental retardation have more untreated dental needs than individuals in the general population, but many dentists have limited experience in providing care for patients with special needs.
H. Barry Waldman, DDS, MPH, PhD, and Steven P. Perlman, DDS, MScD

Application of Problem-Based Learning to Clinical Dental Education
The University of Southern California School of Dentistry has moved to the problem-based learning model of education to give its dental students the knowledge base required to meet accreditation standards and to prepare them to be beginning dental practitioners.
Charles F. Shuler, DMD, PhD

Women Dentists: The Origins
The pioneer women in dentistry are worthy of recognition and admiration for breaking traditional barriers and setting the standards for those who followed in their path as dental professionals.
John M. Hyson, Jr., DDS, MS, MA