ArticleBritish dental journal2020
How evidence-based is dentistry anyway? From evidence-based dentistry to evidence-based practice.
Article in British dental journal, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perceptions of Evidence-Based Dentistry Among Final-Year Dental Students: A Multinational Study Across 6 Countries and 8 Universities.European journal of dental education : official journal of the Association for Dental Education in Europe · 2026Article
- Is there consensus for the treatment of initial to moderate caries lesions? - a Delphi first-round study.BMC oral health · 2026Article
- Reverse Evidence-Based Dentistry: An Innovative Approach to Dental Education and Clinical Practice.Cureus · 2025Article
- Overview of statistics teaching within undergraduate programmes in UK and Ireland dental schools.British dental journal · 2025Article
- Bibliometric study of the systematic reviews and meta-analyses in dentistry.Journal of clinical and experimental dentistry · 2023Article
- Biology and Endodontics: Thinking Outside the Box.Cureus · 2022Article
- Difficulties experienced by endodontics researchers in conducting studies and writing papers.Restorative dentistry & endodontics · 2022Article
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Abstract
Since its beginnings in the mid-1990s, evidence-based dentistry (EBD) has gradually gained acceptance into the understanding of dental practitioners. Despite this, most treatment provided by dentists cannot truly be described as being based on experimental evidence. The aim of this paper is to explore the reasons why EBD has not yet reached its full potential. The weakness of evidence produced, as well as the attitude of dentists towards EBD, will be examined. The role of the trusted source in disseminating information will be discussed and examples are given of how this concept could be used to further integrate evidence into everyday practice. Suggestions will be made regarding how research waste can be cut by producing less but more relevant research. Furthermore, realistic ideas on how EBD can be utilised in practice will be provided with the aim to shift towards the concept of evidence-based practice (EBP).
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