What is evidence-based dentistry?
ADA Policy on Evidence-Based Dentistry
The American Dental Association defines the term "evidence-based dentistry" as follows:
Evidence-based dentistry (EBD) is an approach to oral health care that requires the judicious integration of systematic assessments of clinically relevant scientific evidence, relating to the patient's oral and medical condition and history, with the dentist's clinical expertise and the patient's treatment needs and preferences.
Read the following short article from the Journal of Dental Hygiene:
Using the Best Evidence to Enhance Dental Hygiene Decision Making.
- Evidence-Based DentistryArticles available through OneSearch.
- The Journal of Evidence-Based Dental PracticeArticles available through OneSearch.
Why Bother With EBD?
- Demystifying Research for the Clinical Dental Hygiene Practitioner Clear explanation of each level in the hierarchy of evidence
- Linking Research to Clinical Practice Demonstrates how to pull key evidence from research to guide dental practice.
- Keeping Current: Clinical Decision Support Systems Discussion of highest levels of evidence: Clinical Support Systems, Clinical Practice Guidelines and Systemic Reviews
- Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science A compelling, shocking read on how often medical research is incorrect and one man’s fight against flawed research.
- What Does Research Tell Us About the Future of Dental Hygiene? Trends drawn from research in many fields: population studies, medical administration, genomics, epidemiology, public policy and clinical practice.
Why Bother With Evidence Based Dentistry?
How to Read a Paper
Reading Research by Call Number: R 852 .D385 2018
Understanding Education Research by Call Number: LB 1028 .S4395 2018
Evidence-Based Dentistry for the Dental Hygienist by Call Number: RK 60.5 .E855 2014ISBN: 9780867156461Publication Date: 2014-09-01
Research Pyramid
Research about Research
Commentary on preprints, a recent and significant part of the research literature
Systematic review of the research model “Oral Health-Related Quality of Life” or OHRQL, used to study “individual’s perceptions of and re-actions to their own oral health status.”
Systematic review about how dentists keep up with developments and their experience of evidence-based practice.
A quantitative study comparing how popular articles are shared informally online versus formally by citations.
Factors influencing adoption of new technologies into dental practice: a qualitative study
A qualitative study using semi-structured interviews and focus groups.