Evidence-based Dentistry: From Research Experience to Clinical Expertice

An overview of evidence-based dentistry research.

If the charge of EBD is to help dentists understand the rationale for the things they do and why they do them [2], then EBD “research data” must include cost analysis input from practicing dentists. I am a practicing dentist and the motivation to write this paper is to discuss information that will affect EBD relative to the cost(s) of service(s). Unlike medical care, and I will talk about this...

Evidence-based dentistry in clinical practice.

BACKGROUND Evidence-based dentistry, or EBD, is not a new concept for the dental profession in the United States. The American Dental Association has long relied on credible scientific evidence in setting policy and communicating with dentists and the general public. EBD provides an approach to oral health care that follows a process of systematically collecting and analyzing scientific evidenc...

Evidence-based dentistry: Part 2. Finding the research.

Evidence-based dentistry and the dental research community.

Evidence-based dentistry: prognosis.