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• http://www.nature.com/vital
• Editor: Stephen Hancocks
• Volume 6: 4 issues per year
• ISSN: 1741-7503
• EISSN: 1471-7511
• Date Established: 2003
• Published on behalf of: British Dental Association

Aims and Scope:
Vital is a magazine for the whole dental team. Informative, educational and entertaining, Vital contains features, news, views, advice, opinion and lifestyle features. In summer 2008 Vital launched an online verifiable CPD scheme to help dental care professionals (DCPs) maintain their General Dental Council (GDC) registration.

In June 2008 Vital relaunched with a new look and website and is now distributed directly to the target audience of registered dental care professionals.

Readership:
Dental nurses, dental hygienists, therapists and hygienist-therapists, dental technicians, clinical dental technicians, orthodontic therapists and orthodontic nurses, dental practice managers and dental receptionists.

Online features and site license access:

• Online archive available back to November 2003.
• A site license provides access to all content published during the supply period. Access is granted to a further rolling four-year archive during the supply period. Archive content is freely available after five years.

*2007 Journal Citation Report (Thomson Reuters, 2008)