EVIDENCE BASED DENTISTRY STRATEGIES FOR NEW DIAGNOSTIC AND

TREATMENT METHODOLOGIES

By Dr. Devicharan ShettyPrincipal,

Professor & HOD,Dept. of Oral & Maxillofacial

Pathology,ITS Dental College & Hospital ,

Ghaziabad.

Evidence-based dentistry (EBD) 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.

[ADA, 2001]

ASK

ACQUIRE

APPRAISE

STEPS IN EVIDENCE BASED DENTISTRY

EBD

APPLY

ANALYZE

Past Present Future

Cross-sectional study

Prospective cohort

Randomised controlled trials

Retrospective cohort

Case-control study

TIME

LEVELS OF EVIDENCE

Systematic reviews and

Meta-analysis

BIAS