The document discusses various resources for evidence-based dentistry, including textbooks, Cochrane handbooks, journal articles, databases, and guidelines. It provides details on the types of articles most useful for evidence-based practice, such as systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials. Examples are given of evidence-based dentistry journals and databases like PubMed Health that summarize clinical effectiveness research.
3. ADA Policy on Evidence-Based Dentistry
ADA defines the term “evidence-based dentistry” as
follows:
“Evidence-based dentistry 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.”
(Trans. 2001:462).
Available at: http://www.ada.org/1754.aspx.
4. ADA Policy on Evidence-Based Dentistry
“In adopting this definition for EBD, the ADA recognizes that
treatment recommendations should be determined for each
patient by his or her dentist, and that patient preferences should
be considered in all decisions. Dentist experience and other
circumstances, such as patients’ characteristics, should also be
considered in treatment planning. EBD does not provide a
“cookbook” that dentists must follow, nor does it establish a
standard of care. The EBD process must not be used to interfere
in the dentist/patient relationship, nor is it to be used as a costcontainment tool by third-party payers.”
Available at: http://www.ada.org/1754.aspx.
5. Where to Look for Evidence
Based Dentistry Resources?
8. The Cochrane Handbook for
Systematic Reviews of Interventions
The Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of
Interventions is the official document that describes
in detail the process of preparing and maintaining
Cochrane systematic reviews on the effects of
healthcare interventions. The current version of the
Handbook is 5.1.0
The Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions (2011). Julian PT Higgins and Sally
Green, Eds. The Cochrane Collaboration. Last modified on March 2011. accessed on: September
12th, 2013. Available online at: http://handbook.cochrane.org/.
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17. The Cochrane Handbook for
Systematic Reviews of Interventions
Also available in spanish: Manual Cochrane de
revisiones sistemáticas de intervenciones (PDF only)
URL:
http://www.cochrane.es/files/handbookcast/Manual_Cochrane
The Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions (2011). Julian PT Higgins and Sally
Green, Eds. The Cochrane Collaboration. Last modified on March 2011. accessed on: September
12th, 2013. Available online at: http://handbook.cochrane.org/.
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19. The Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews
of Diagnostic Test Accuracy
“This is the webpage for three related entities of the
Cochrane Collaboration; the Diagnostic Test Accuracy
Working Group, the Regional Support Units and the
Diagnostic Test Accuracy Editorial Team. The combined
roles of these entities is to implement the Cochrane
Steering Group's decision to publish systematic reviews of
diagnostic test accuracy in The Cochrane Library”.
The Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Diagnostic Test Accuracy. (2011). Diagnostic Test
Accuracy Working Group. Last modified on Friday, September 13th, 2013. accessed on: September
17th, 2013. Available online at: http://srdta.cochrane.org/handbook-dta-reviews.
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21. Textbooks
The BAD side:
Are out of date when published.
“[I]nclude[s] 'established knowledge' that doesn't
change (much) such as anatomy, physical properties of
dental materials, drug adverse effects”.
The GOOD side:
Most of the time, provide useful summaries.
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40. Journals
High impact general journals
These are useful for keeping up to date with the
broad discipline:
Nature
Lancet
Journal of Dental Research
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41. Journals
Specialist journals
These provide information on professional news,
government policy, research and practice trends:
Angle Orthodontist
Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology
Journal of Periodontology
Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry
Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology
and Endodontology
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42. Journals
There are now more journals that
are specifically aimed at evidence
based dentistry practice.
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43. Article types useful for EBD (1)
Laboratory experiments
While test tube experiments are essential in all areas of
medicine including dentistry, clinicians can't base treatment
on the results.
Animal experiments
Some useful results have come from animal experiments,
and while these may indicate the usefulness of human trials,
clinicians can't use these articles.
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44. Article types useful for EBD (2)
Case reports
These are often memorable and can serve as a reminder
for diagnosis and treatment, but you can't base a practice on
small populations (1 patient) where bias may be present.
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45. Article types useful for EBD (3)
Phase I trials
Usually conducted on small numbers of healthy volunteers to
look for adverse effects. These results aren't appropriate for
clinicians working with patients.
Phase II trials (Case Series)
Mostly these use small numbers of selected patients, or a series
of patients often without a control group to test the outcome of
an intervention. Results of Phase II Trials are not usually
considered sufficiently objective and rigorous enough to use in
clinical decisions.
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46. Article types useful for EBD (4)
Phase III trials
Large long term trials on patients, usually with randomized
control, double or single blinding, control groups, placebos etc.
These trials can be used to make clinical decisions.
Phase IV trials
These are usually post marketing trials on very large numbers of
patients to gauge the long term safety and find rare adverse effects
of interventions. Useful for clinical decision making.
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47. Article types useful for EBD (5)
Systematic Reviews
These are peer reviewed articles that bring together all the
objective studies on interventions for particular conditions.
Sometimes authors do this to compare interventions, and
sometimes to join study results to increase the size of the
population tested. If the original articles are not randomized
controlled trials, then the authors should explain why they are
used in the analysis and what adjustments were made in the
statistical analysis to include them. These are useful for clinical
decisions, often called the gold standard.
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48. Article types useful for EBD (6)
Cohort Studies
Patients with a particular condition are followed over time and
compared with a control group. Cohort studies aren't as reliable as
controlled trials but are useful in situations where it wouldn't be ethical
to run a randomised trial. Types of cohort studies include:
Longitudinal Studies where particular groups or individuals within a
cohort are studied.
Follow-up Studies study the effect of exposures, procedures, or
characteristics such as a disease.
Prospective Studies study the incidence or mortality in subgroups after
their selection.
Cohort studies can be used for making clinical decisions.
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49. Article types useful for EBD (7)
Clinical Practice Guidelines
Should be evidence based serial statements to assist in diagnosis
and treatment of particular conditions. Care should be taken to
ensure that these are NOT based only on expert opinion. Look
carefully at the evidence summary to ensure that the evidence is
both comprehensive and up to date. You'll also need to see if it's
possible to follow through with the guideline in your situation.
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51. Evidence-Based Dentistry (Nature Publishing Group)
ISSN: 1462-0049
eISSN: 1476-5446
From 1998 to present
Publisher:
British Dental Association
Editor:
Derek Richards
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59. Journal of Evidence Based Dental Practice (Elsevier)
ISSN: 1532-3382
eISSN: 1532-3390
From 2001 to present
Publisher:
MOSBY – An Elsevier Imprint
Editor:
Michael G. Newman
60. Journal of Evidence Based Dental Practice (Elsevier)
ISSN: 1532-3382
eISSN: 1532-3390
From 2001 to present
Publisher:
MOSBY – An Elsevier Imprint
Editor:
Michael G. Newman
61. Journal of Evidence Based Dental Practice (Elsevier)
ISSN: 1532-3382
eISSN: 1532-3390
From 2001 to present
Publisher:
MOSBY – An Elsevier Imprint
Editor:
Michael G. Newman
62. Journal of Evidence Based Dental Practice (Elsevier)
ISSN: 1532-3382
eISSN: 1532-3390
From 2001 to present
Publisher:
MOSBY – An Elsevier Imprint
Editor:
Michael G. Newman
63. Journal of Evidence Based Dental Practice (Elsevier)
ISSN: 1532-3382
eISSN: 1532-3390
From 2001 to present
Publisher:
MOSBY – An Elsevier Imprint
Editor:
Michael G. Newman
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68. Bandolier Journal (Bandolier Team)
ISSN: N/A
eISSN: N/A
From February 1994 to July 2007
Publisher:
Bandolier Team
Editor:
Bandolier Team
69. Bandolier Journal (Bandolier Team)
ISSN: N/A
eISSN: N/A
From February 1994 to July 2007
Publisher:
Bandolier Team
Editor:
Bandolier Team
70. Bandolier Journal Updates (Bandolier
Team)
ISSN: N/A
eISSN: N/A
From February 1994 to July 2007
Publisher:
Bandolier Team
Editor:
Bandolier Team
83. PubMed Clinical Querries
“Results of searches on this page are
limited to specific clinical research areas.
For comprehensive searches, use PubMed
directly”.
PubMed Help. Accessed on September 12th, 2013. Last Update June 25, 2013.
Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK3827/#pubmedhelp.Clinical_Queries_Filters
84. Clinical Queries using Research Methodology Filters
PubMed Help. Accessed on September 12th, 2013. Last Update June 25, 2013.
Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK3827/#pubmedhelp.Clinical_Queries_Filters
85. Systematic Reviews Search Filter
Search Strategy Used to Create the Systematic Reviews Subset on PubMed. Accessed on September 12th, 2013.
Last Update February, 2013. Available at:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK3827/#pubmedhelp.Clinical_Queries_Filters
86. Medical Genetics Search Filters
PubMed Help. Accessed on September 12th, 2013. Last Update June 25, 2013.
Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK3827/#pubmedhelp.Clinical_Queries_Filters
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93. PubMed Health (1)
“PubMed Health provides information for consumers and
clinicians on prevention and treatment of diseases and
conditions”.
“PubMed Health specializes in reviews of clinical
effectiveness research, with easy-to-read summaries for
consumers as well as full technical reports. Clinical
effectiveness research finds answers to the question ‘What
works?’ in medical and health care.”
PubMed Health. Accessed on September 12th, 2013. Last Update June 25, 2013.
Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK3827/#pubmedhelp.Clinical_Queries_Filters
94. PubMed Health (2)
“PubMed Health is based on systematic reviews of clinical
trials. These clinical effectiveness reviews can show what
treatments and prevention methods have been proven to
work—and what remains unknown”.
“PubMed Health provides summaries and full texts of
selected systematic reviews in one place. The reviews were
generally published or updated from 2003. There is also
information for consumers and clinicians based on those
reviews”.
PubMed Health. Accessed on September 12th, 2013. Last Update June 25, 2013.
Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK3827/#pubmedhelp.Clinical_Queries_Filters
95. PubMed Health (3)
A search on PubMed Health runs simultaneously in
PubMed.
A filter is used to identify all the indexed scientific articles
at the NLM that might be systematic reviews.
This search includes articles from before 2003.
PubMed Health. Accessed on September 12th, 2013. Last Update June 25, 2013.
Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK3827/#pubmedhelp.Clinical_Queries_Filters
96. PubMed Health (4)
Information partners selected by PubMed Health to
contribute their clinical effectiveness information are:
Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (US) (AHRQ)
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD)
The Cochrane Collaboration (CC)
German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG)
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines program (NICE)
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment Programme
(NIHR HTA)
Oregon Health and Science University's Drug Effectiveness Review Project (DERP)
Department of Veterans Affairs' Evidence-based Synthesis Program from the Veterans Health
Administration R&D (VA ESP)
PubMed Health. Accessed on September 12th, 2013. Last Update June 25, 2013.
Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK3827/#pubmedhelp.Clinical_Queries_Filters
108. Guidelines and Evidence Sources
“Includes links to systematic reviews and lists
of reviews in process, protocols etc.”
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132. Feature
Narrative review
Systematic Review
Question
Broad Scope
Focussed
Sources & Search
Not usually specified
Appraisal
Variable
Comprehensive &
explicit
Rigorous
Synthesis
Often qualitative
summary
Sometimes evidencebased
Inferences
Quantitative summary
Usually evidencebased
133. Guidance
•PRISMA - (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and MetaAnalyses) the PRISMA Statement is an update and expansion of the now-out dated
QUOROM Statement.
•MOOSE - a proposal for reporting meta-analysis of observational studies in
epidemiology
•QUADAS - quality assessment tool for use in systematic reviews of diagnostic
accuracy studies
•Cochrane Reviewers’ Handbook
•Cochrane review production resources
•Undertaking Systematic Reviews of Research on Effectiveness - CRD Report
Number 4. 2nd Edition
•Systematic Reviews: CRD’s guidance for undertaking reviews in health care -Mar09
•PROSPERO - prospective register of systematic reviews
163. Trip is a clinical search engine designed to allow users to quickly
and easily find and use high-quality research evidence to support
their practice and/or care.
Trip has been online since 1997 and in that time has developed
into the internet’s premier source of evidence-based content.
Our motto is ‘Find evidence fast’ and this is something we aim to
deliver for every single search.
As well as research evidence we also allow clinicians to search
across other content types including images, videos, patient
information leaflets, educational courses and news.