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Evidence Based Dentistry

Steps to Evidence Based Dentistry and resources
Therapy or Prevention

Key issues for Therapy:

  • validity of study results
  • relevance of results to patient
  • participant outcomes considered
Systematic Reviews

Key issues for Systematic Reviews:

  • asks a focused, answerable question
  • thorough, reproducible literature search
  • includes validated studies
  • protocol for selection of studies is reproducible