ArticleCommunity dentistry and oral epidemiology2013
Caries treatment in a dental practice-based research network: movement toward stated evidence-based treatment.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.
- Dental Practitioners' Thresholds for Restorative Intervention in Carious Lesions: A Survey-Based Systematic Review Update.Caries research · 2026Pooled it
- If health organisations and staff engage in research, does healthcare improve? Strengthening the evidence base through systematic reviews.Health research policy and systems · 2024Pooled it
- Practice-based research in dentistry: Exploring methodologies, benefits, and challenges.Journal of oral rehabilitation · 2025Review
- Characteristics of dentists in the National Dental Practice-Based Research Network.Journal of dentistry · 2023Article
- Structure, function, and productivity from the National Dental Practice-Based Research Network.Journal of clinical and translational science · 2022Article
- Web-based intervention to improve the evidence-practice gap in minimal intervention dentistry: Findings from a dental practice-based research network.Journal of dentistry · 2021Article
- Radiographic diagnosis of proximal caries-influence of experience and gender of the dental staff.Clinical oral investigations · 2017Article
- The Caries Management System: are preventive effects sustained postclinical trial?Community dentistry and oral epidemiology · 2016Article
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- Concordance between responses to questionnaire scenarios and actual treatment to repair or replace dental restorations in the National Dental PBRN.Journal of dentistry · 2015Article
- Practice change toward better adherence to evidence-based treatment of early dental decay in the National Dental PBRN.Implementation science : IS · 2014Article
- Are dentists interested in the oral-systemic disease connection? A qualitative study of an online community of 450 practitioners.BMC oral health · 2013Article
- Purpose, structure, and function of the United States National Dental Practice-Based Research Network.Journal of dentistry · 2013Article
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Abstract
objectivesPractice-based research networks (PBRNs) provide a venue to foster evidence-based care. We tested the hypothesis that a higher level of participation in a dental PBRN is associated with greater stated change toward evidence-based practice.
methodsA total of 565 dental PBRN practitioner-investigators completed a baseline questionnaire entitled 'Assessment of Caries Diagnosis and Treatment'; 405 of these also completed a follow-up questionnaire about treatment of caries and existing restorations. Certain questions (six treatment scenarios) were repeated at follow-up a mean (SD) of 36.0 (3.8) months later. A total of 224 were 'full participants' (enrolled in clinical studies and attended at least one network meeting); 181 were 'partial participants' (did not meet 'full' criteria).
resultsFrom 10% to 62% of practitioners were 'surgically invasive' at baseline, depending on the clinical scenario. Stated treatment approach was significantly less invasive at follow-up for four of six items. Change was greater among full participants and those with a more-invasive approach at baseline, with an overall pattern of movement away from the extremes.
conclusionsThese results are consistent with a preliminary conclusion that network participation fostered movement of scientific evidence into routine practice. PBRNs may foster movement of evidence into everyday practice as practitioners become engaged in the scientific process.
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