Translational Research
Significant variation exists in health care practice patterns that creates concerns regarding the quality of care delivered. Clinical practice based on high-quality evidence provides a rationale for clinical decision making….
Evidence-Based Dentistry Update on Silver Diamine Fluoride
This article reviews current evidence on the effectiveness of silver diamine fluoride (SDF) as a caries arresting and preventive agent. It provides clinical recommendations around SDF’s appropriate use as part…
How Should We Evaluate and Use Evidence to Improve Population Oral Health?
Generating and implementing evidence-based policy is an important aim for many publicly funded health systems. In dentistry, this is based on the assumption that evidence-based health care increases the efficiency…
Simple Approaches for Establishing an Evidence-Based Dental Practice
Constructing an evidence-based dental practice requires leadership, commitment, technology support, and time, as well as skill practice in searching, appraising, and organizing evidence. In mastering the skills of evidence-based dentistry,…
Evidence-Based Dentistry Caries Risk Assessment and Disease Management
The objective of this article was to provide a summary of evidence-based recommendations for the assessment of caries risk and management of dental caries. The goal is to help clinicians…
Evidence-Based Update on Diagnosis and Management of Gingivitis and Periodontitis
This article is an overview to update the practicing general dental practitioner about clinically relevant evidence-based topics published in the recent past in the diagnosis, etiopathogenesis, and management of gingivitis…
Added Sugar and Dental Caries in Children
Excess added sugars, particularly in the form of sugar-sweetened beverages, is a leading cause of tooth decay in US children. Although added sugar intake is rooted in behavioral and social…
Teaching Evidence-Based Practice
The motivation for teaching evidence-based practice is that, through the use of high-quality clinically relevant evidence, clinicians will make rationale decision that optimally improve patient health outcomes. Achieving that goal…
How Evidence-Based Dentistry Has Shaped the Practice of Oral Medicine
Oral medicine is “the discipline of dentistry concerned with the oral health care of medically complex patients, including the diagnosis and primarily nonsurgical treatment and/or management of medically related conditions…
Analgesic Therapy in Dentistry
It has been known for centuries that opioids are highly addictive when consumed for prolonged periods of time. Pharmacologic tolerance to the efficacy of opioid analgesic results in a need…
