I am pleased to announce that Volume 1, Number 1 (January 2008) of the Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials is published in both print and online on ScienceDirect. This first issue contains three excellent review articles on bone and dentin, human enamel, and biocompatability of Ti-alloys as well as eight research papers.

The online version of all four issues in Volume 1 can be viewed free of charge until September 2008. For further details please see http://mail.elsevier-alerts.com/go.asp?/bESJ001/mQNA874/uOPDV5/xS5EBB

Dean Eastbury, Publisher