News & Publications
Dental Abstracts
Dental World
Dental History Articles
Dental History Museum Online Displays
HAASE Collection of Dental Lithographs
Leadership News
Membership Directory
Dental Abstracts is an official publication of the Pierre Fauchard Academy, published by Elsevier Health Sciences. Information from around the globe is presented in this bimonthly publication featuring approximately 50 abstracts from key articles in dentistry. PFA Fellows who log-in to Member Services on this website can access the full text of article in Dental Abstracts and search for information published in past issues. Most dues-paying Fellows of the Academy receive in the mail a free copy of each Dental Abstracts issue.
Dental World is the successor to the Journal of the Pierre Fauchard Academy which was published during World War II primarily for PFA members in the Armed Forces of the United States. In 1978 and 1979 Dental World was published under the title of PFA Newsletter. In 1980 the title of Dental World was readopted and it is the official publication of the Pierre Fauchard Academy. Published now four times a year as part of Dental Abstracts, it includes news of the Academy and its sections in the United States and abroad, news of individual members throughout the world, announcements of meetings, selected articles from the world of dentistry, reviews of books written by PFA members, and editorials under the heading of "Viewpoints."
Pierre Fauchard Academy hosts numerous history articles about a wide variety of subjects related to profession of dentistry. Many of these articles are from the Journal of the History of Dentistry and are posted courtesy of the publishers.
The PFA wibsite hosts a variety of online image galleries of historical items on display at several dental history museums associated with the Academy. Visit each museum page to view the published image galleres available online.
The Pierre Fauchard Museum presents an online collection of 65 historical dentistry-themed lithographs courtesy of Horst-Wolfgang Haase.
Officers and Trustees of the Peirre Fauchard Academy, and directors of the FPFA, have individual news pages where members can read information posted about the organizatioin, as well as academy-wide or region-specific event announcements.
The membership directory allows you to search for Acadmey members by name, location or region, and provides up to date contact information on each member.