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EDITORIAL

Changing of the guard: A look at the future


Vincent G. Kokich, Editor-in-Chief
Tacoma, Wash

W
ith the January 2011 issue, the AJO-DO by having them provide current monthly research ab-
enters its 96th year, I become the seventh stracts of interesting articles from other dental journals.
editor-in-chief, and Dave Turpin concludes When I approached the department chairs with this idea,
his highly successful career as journal editor. First of the response was overwhelmingly positive. So, each
all, I realize that I have very big shoes to fill. Second, I month, a different orthodontic program will be featured.
can assure AAO members and subscribers that I will do Since nearly all programs agreed to participate, the se-
my best to uphold the standard of excellence established quence of appearance in the AJO-DO will be in random
by the previous editors. Third, you can be assured that I order. Our readers will benefit by reading information
will not make major changes in the AJO-DO. Why from many peer-reviewed journal articles that they
should I? It is a well-respected journal. But with that perhaps would not have seen.
said, I will be making some minor alterations. Let me The next new feature that will certainly draw atten-
explain. tion is the section titled Point-Counterpoint. As your
As you stroll through the pages of this month’s issue, editor, I have limited ability to provide topical structure
you will quickly observe some differences. By now, you to each monthly issue. Let’s face it: the AJO-DO is
must have noticed the addition of color to the journal a highly regarded peer-reviewed journal that publishes
pages. The AJO-DO has been a monochromatic journal the results of carefully planned and choreographed re-
(with respect to the text pages) for 95 years. When I was search projects. As such, I will typically place the articles
preparing for my interview for the editor’s job, I looked in the journal in the sequence that the reviewers gave
at many other dental journals. Although nearly all have their final approval. But, as orthodontists, we know
added some color to their text pages, in my opinion, that there are some controversial topics that could ben-
some of these journals have become too colorful. So, efit from a timely, well-referenced discussion or debate,
I have added a small amount of color to the title and looking at both sides of the topic. This is the purpose of
text pages that ties in with the colors that are found Point-Counterpoint. This section will be a quarterly fea-
on the cover. I hope you do not find these colors too ture. The first topic is the relationship between occlusion
shocking and will agree that the change is subtle. and TMD. This should be interesting!
The next addition that you will find is the section, Finally, you will notice that the number of Online
Ethics in Orthodontics. Last year, the Council on Member- Only articles published each month has increased from
ship and Ethics of the AAO asked me to consider adding 5 or 6 per issue to 10. Why? One of my goals as your ed-
a column on ethics. I liked the idea. But I needed a good itor is to substantially reduce the time it takes for authors
writer, who could regularly and reliably produce this to get their research published in the AJO-DO. So I am
section. After considering several possible names, I chose emphatically encouraging authors to select the Online
Peter Greco to become the Associate Editor of Ethics in Or- Only format. The reader can access the unabridged arti-
thodontics. He agreed and has already produced some cle sooner from the AJO-DO Web site, and the abstract is
wonderful pieces that I believe you will find interesting printed earlier in the journal. My goal is to reduce the
and informative. This feature will appear monthly. time from acceptance to publication to about 6 months.
The next new section of the AJO-DO is titled So, I hope you enjoy the new features that have been
Residents’ Journal Review. What is this? I have been added to your AJO-DO. Let me know your opinions.
an educator for my entire professional career. I recognize Happy reading!
the educational resources that reside in the graduate
orthodontic programs in the United States and Canada.
My idea was to feature the senior orthodontic residents

Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop 2011;139:1


0889-5406/$36.00
Copyright Ó 2011 by the American Association of Orthodontists.
doi:10.1016/j.ajodo.2010.11.008

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