Critical Reviews in Oral Biology & Medicine (CROBM)

Critical Reviews in Oral Biology & Medicine was a specialized peer‑reviewed review journal dedicated to synthesizing and critiquing key developments in oral biology and dental research. Published from 1990 until 2004, it served as an authoritative forum for comprehensive scholarly reviews that pulled together existing research findings, clarified conceptual advancements, and identified emerging scientific challenges in dental and oral sciences. Its articles typically offered rigorous, critical appraisals of literature on topics such as biological processes in oral tissues, pathogenesis of oral diseases, biomaterials and tissue engineering, host immune responses in the oral cavity, and molecular mechanisms underlying dental health and disease. Because it published review articles rather than original research, it provided an essential resource for researchers, educators, and graduate‑level scholars who needed deep, integrative analyses of complex subjects. In the mid–2000s, the journal was merged into the Journal of Dental Research as a dedicated review section, and standalone publication of Critical Reviews in Oral Biology & Medicine ceased after Volume 15 (2004). During its run, it offered high‑impact reviews that helped shape understanding and set directions for new oral health research, acting as a bridge between specialized laboratory science and clinical significance within dentistry.

Critical Reviews in Oral Biology & Medicine (CROBM) is :-

• International, Peer-Reviewed, Open Access, Refereed, Developing, Emergency Medicine, General Medicine, Medicine (miscellaneous), disease processes of oral tissues, dental materials science, craniofacial biology, host defense systems , Online or Print , Bi-Monthly Journal

• UGC Approved, ISSN Approved: P-ISSN P-ISSN: 1045-4411, E-ISSN: 1544-1113, Established: 1990,
• Does Not Provide Crossref DOI

• Not indexed in Scopus, WoS, DOAJ, PubMed, UGC CARE