The aim of this presentation is to stimulate awareness of the impact one open-access, peer-reviewed, online dental journal has had on the publication and distribution of new knowledge on an international scale over a six year period. An online dental journal, offers the advantages of presenting scholarly content in an innovative way through the use of multimedia, provide readers with traditional reprints using PDF technology, and full-text articles retrieved through MEDLINE searches. Electronically archived issues of the journal are always available in using either self-contained or global search engines such as Google. Hyper-linking creates the opportunity for educational programs to link to specific articles in an online journal in support of an evidence-based approach to teaching. In terms of distribution, open-access online journals reach a readership that extends across geographic, political, philosophical and religious boundaries without the burden and cost of mailing printed material. Such journals benefit both the dental profession and the public it serves. The Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice is such a publication that has been published quarterly for the past six years. It receives in excess of 12 million hits per year from more than 125 countries each year. To date more than a million printouts of its articles have been generated. The publication is truly international in terms of readership, authors and its team of 125 volunteer reviewers. The technology used in this publication will be demonstrated and additional data on the scope of the impact of this publication will be presented. Online publication is powerful means of presenting and distributing new knowledge.