“…Professor Esther Goldenberg Birman (FOUSP) continued as Editor-in-Chief. In 2000, Birman 3 wrote "after 13 years, the Dental Journal of the University of São Paulo is changing its name, but the objectives proposed at its inception, in 1987, remain the same. The search for improvement, wider dissemination, and greater coverage in Brazil and abroad has encouraged us to change its name, even though its original name was associated with a prominent institution like the University of São Paulo".…”