The ''Journal of the American Dental Association'' is a monthly

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on dentistry published by the

American Dental Association The American Dental Association (ADA) is an American professional association established in 1859 which has more than 161,000 members. Based in the American Dental Association Building in the Near North Side of Chicago, the ADA is the world's ...

. It is freely available to the public after a one-year embargo. The journal was first published in 1913 as ''Official Bulletin of the National Dental Association''. It was renamed ''The Journal of the National Dental Association'' in 1915, and ''Journal of the American Dental Association'' in 1922. It merged with Dental Cosmos in 1936. Marjorie Jeffcoat became the first female editor of the journal in 2001.Introducing your new JADA editor, Dr. Michael Glick
''JADA'' 2005;136(1):12-13. The editor is Dr. Jeffrey Platt of the Indiana University School of Dentistry.

''Dental Cosmos''

''JADA'' absorbed ''Dental Cosmos'' in 1936. ''Dental Cosmos'' was the first monthly record of dental sciences in the United States. It was founded in 1859 in

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. The journal published articles related to dentistry from 1859 until 1936, when it merged with the ''Journal of the American Dental Association''. The archived articles are hosted in the University of Michigan's online library. The merged journal was published as ''Journal of the American Dental Association and The Dental Cosmos'' for two years, and then reverted to ''Journal of the American Dental Association'' in 1939.

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Early issues of ''Journal of the American Dental Association'' and predecessor titles''Dental Cosmos''
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