Journal of Dental Humanities

A peer reviewed online journal.​
Mission Statement
The Journal of Dental Humanities is dedicated to presenting thought provoking material connecting dentistry to the humanities and the social sciences. The journal places a priority on publishing quality material that supports the objective of dental professionals who seek to provide a patient-centered approach to health care.  The mission purpose of the Journal of Dental Humanities aligns with the position that a functional democracy requires ethical, highly skilled professionals who are engaged, active members within their community and the larger society.

A Journal Dedicated to Connecting the Profession of Dentistry to the Humanities.

Original Material for Review & 
Possible Publication Requested. 



“Any physician who goes beyond technique to contemplate the human object of (their)
ministrations must turn to the humanities for those meanings which medical science alone
cannot give.”
                                                      -Edmund D. Pellegrino, MD “Apologia for a Medical Truant”                           
                                                       in The Philosophy of Medicine Reborn, Notre Dame Press, 2008, p.xiv.

Journal Issues

Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3 Volume 4 Volume 5
Volume 6
Editor - Robert P. Iovino, D.D.S., M.A.
               Clinical Assistant Professor of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery,
               School of Dental Medicine, Stony Brook University
Associate Editor - Steven D. London, D.D.S., Ph.D.
               Professor of Oral Biology and Pathology,
               School of Dental Medicine, Stony Brook University
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EDITORIAL BOARD:
Jack Coulehan, M.D., M.P.H. – Emeritus Professor of Family, Population, and
               Preventive Medicine and Senior Fellow of the Center for Medical Humanities,
               Compassionate Care, and Bioethics, Stony Brook University
Andrew M. Flescher, Ph.D. – Core Faculty, Public Health (Bioethics and Social Policy),
               Professor, Family, Population, and Preventive Medicine, Professor of English,
               Stony Brook University
Peter H. Pruden, D.D.S. – Private Practice, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Huntington, L.I., N.Y.
H. Barry Waldman, D.D.S., M.P.H., Ph.D. – Distinguished Teaching Professor,
               Department of General Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, Stony Brook University
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The Journal of Dental Humanities: Published Quarterly

Office:  351 Meeting House Lane
              Southampton, N.Y. 11968
              Telephone: 631-283-5626

Original material (Papers, narrative, poetry…) solicited for review and possible publication.
Please send submissions via email. Please list all authors and their affiliations. Please submit
material as email attachments to Robert P. Iovino at robert.iovino@stonybrookmedicine.edu;
Material submitted for review must not have been previously published, or currently be under
review for publication elsewhere. Submissions of interest will undergo a blind review process.

The opinions expressed in material published in the Journal of Dental Humanities are solely
those of the materials' respective authors. The Journal of Dental Humanities and its editors
assume no liability for the content and opinions expressed in material published.