This "theme" issue offers 17 articles all on the subject of dentistry education programs sponsored by the Macy project, a 24-month effort to assess the feasibility of "community-based clinical dental education." Following an introduction, articles are grouped into those concerning problems (financing dental education, public financing of dental…

The manual for the development of general practice residency programs in dentistry is designed to be used in three regional workshops to train individuals representing institutions who wish to develop such programs. The first of three major sections in the manual reviews the historical background of general practice residency programs. In the…