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Dr. Gerald Glickman Joins Pulp Therapy Evidence-Based Dentistry Workgroup with the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry

As a part of its efforts to develop evidence-based clinical practice guidelines to support dental professionals dedicated to treating children, the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) has appointed Dr. Gerald Glickman as an expert consultant to its new workgroup on Permanent Tooth Vital Pulp Therapy in Children and Adolescents. The AAPD welcomes Dr. Glickman for his perspective and expertise as an experienced endodontist. As the tenth member of the workgroup, he will contribute to its efforts of developing research questions, extracting and collating data, evaluating data and forest plots, and drafting the systematic review and guideline. The systematic review is slated for publication in 2022, and the clinical guideline in 2023. Dr. Glickman is a full professor in the Department of Endodontics at Texas A And M University College of Dentistry in Dallas Texas.

The table below features the topics and timeline of clinical practice guidelines developed by the AAPD. Completed guidelines can be found here:

https://www.aapd.org/research/oral-health-policies–recommendations/

Clinical Practice Guideline Topic Systematic Review Publication Date Guideline

Publication Date

Sealants (completed) 08/2016 09/2016
Vital pulp therapy  (completed) 01/2017 09/2017
Silver diamine fluoride (completed) N/A 09/2017
Non-vital pulp therapy (completed) 07/2020 09/2020
Behavior guidance (in progress) 2021 2021
Frenectomy and lactation (in progress) 2021 2022
Vital pulp therapy  (revision in progress) 2022 2022
Permanent tooth vital pulp therapy in children and adolescents (in progress) 2022 2023