ArticleJournal of the American Dental Association (1939)2014
Concordance between clinical practice and published evidence: findings from The National Dental Practice-Based Research Network.
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56 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Engagement of dentists and patients in underserved rural and dental health provider shortage areas by the national dental practice-based network.Journal of clinical and translational science · 2026Article
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- Exploring the divide between dental clinicians and academics for more inclusive partnerships: perspectives on building a research network.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- The current attitudes and practices of dentists in Australia towards composite repair: A cross-sectional survey study.Australian dental journal · 2025Article
- Preventive measures and perceived challenges in delivering oral health care for elderly patients: a survey of dental hygienists in Norway.Acta odontologica Scandinavica · 2025Article
- Comparison of factors associated with the evidence-practice gap as perceived by Japanese and Brazilian dentists.Journal of dentistry · 2024Article
- Diagnostic approach used by US general dental practitioners following discovery of oral lesions suspicious for malignancy/premalignancy: findings from the National Dental Practice-Based Research Network.Quintessence international (Berlin, Germany : 1985) · 2024Article
- The Evidence-practice Gap in Minimal Intervention Dentistry: An International Comparison Between Dentists in Japan and Brazil.Operative dentistry · 2024Article
- Patients' comfort with and receipt of health risk assessments during routine dental visits: Results from the South Atlantic region of the US National Dental Practice-Based Research Network.Community dentistry and oral epidemiology · 2023Article
- Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.Journal of applied oral science : revista FOB · 2023Article
- Causes of the Evidence-practice Gap and Its Association with the Effects of Minimal Intervention Dentistry Education to Clinicians.Operative dentistry · 2023Article
- Factors that affect dentists' use of antibiotic prophylaxis: Findings from The National Dental Practice-Based Research Network questionnaire.Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) · 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
- Association between predoctoral evidence-based practice training and later use of peer-reviewed journals: National dental PBRN.Journal of dental education · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundDocumenting the gap between what is occurring in clinical practice and what published research findings suggest should be happening is an important step toward improving care. The authors conducted a study to quantify the concordance between clinical practice and published evidence across preventive, diagnostic and treatment procedures among a sample of dentists in The National Dental Practice-Based Research Network ("the network").
methodsNetwork dentists completed one questionnaire about their demographic characteristics and another about how they treat patients across 12 scenarios/clinical practice behaviors. The authors coded responses to each scenario/clinical practice behavior as consistent ("1") or inconsistent ("0") with published evidence, summed the coded responses and divided the sum by the number of total responses to create an overall concordance score. The overall concordance score was calculated as the mean percentage of responses that were consistent with published evidence.
resultsThe authors limited analyses to participants in the United States (N = 591). The study results show a mean concordance at the practitioner level of 62 percent (SD = 18 percent); procedure-specific concordance ranged from 8 to 100 percent. Affiliation with a large group practice, being a female practitioner and having received a dental degree before 1990 were independently associated with high concordance (≥ 75 percent).
conclusionDentists reported a medium-range concordance between practice and published evidence. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: Efforts to bring research findings into routine practice are needed.
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