This archival collection houses the Oral Research Abstracts and the seven Advances in... titles, published by the ADA from 1970 to 1975. The Advances in... collections contain selected abstracts from Oral Research Abstracts pertaining to their title subject.
Oral Research Abstracts (ORA) was a bibliographic collection of cutting-edge, international oral health-related research abstracts published annually. Entries in ORA volumes were compiled into several separate series, Advances in..., based on a single topic or specialty. Prior to the internet, bibliographic abstract publications, such as the ORA and Advances series, were a necessary tool for students and researchers to conduct literature searches.
Each ORA volume holds every abstract found in each Advances title published that year. In several Advances volumes, additional editorial content has been added, as noted in the preface. The roster of Advances titles grew over time, so abstracts on a topic may appear in ORA prior to the establishment of a dedicated series on the subject.