Clinical Decision-Making Resources for Dentistry

A practical approach to evidence-based dentistry Series 

• Part I. Understanding and applying the principles of EBD, by Brignardello-Petersen, R., Carrasco-Labra, A., Glick, M., Guyatt, G. H., & Azarpazhooh, A., 2014, 145(11), 1105 -1107.
• Part II. How to search for evidence to inform clinical decisions, by Brignardello-Petersen, R., Carrasco-Labra, A., Booth, H. A., Glick, M., Guyatt, G. H., Azarpazhooh, A., & Agoritsas, T., 2014, 145(12), 1262-1267.
• Part III. How to appraise and use an article about therapy, by Brignardello-Petersen, R., Carrasco-Labra, A., Glick, M., Guyatt, G. H., & Azarpazhooh, A., 2015, 146(1), 42 - 49.
• Part IV: How to use an article about harm by Brignardello-Petersen, R., Carrasco-Labra, A., Glick, M., Guyatt, G. H., & Azarpazhooh, A., 2015, 146(2), 94 -101.
• Part V: How to appraise and use an article about diagnosis by Brignardello-Petersen, R., Carrasco-Labra, A., Glick, M., Guyatt, G. H., & Azarpazhooh, A., 2015, 146(3), 184 -191.
• Part VI: How to use a systematic review by Carrasco-Labra, A., Brignardello-Petersen, R., Glick, M., Guyatt, G. H., & Azarpazhooh, A., 2015, 146(4), 255 - 265.
• Part VII: How to use patient management recommendations from clinical practice guidelines by Carrasco-Labra, A., Brignardello-Petersen, R., Glick, M., Guyatt, G. H., Neumann, I., & Azarpazhooh, A, 2015, 146(5), 327 - 336.
• Part VIII: How to appraise an article based on a qualitative study by Sale, J. E. M., Amin, M., Carrasco-Labra, A., Brignardello-Petersen, R., Glick, M., Guyatt, G. H., & Azarpazhooh, A., 2015, 146(8), 623 - 630.
• Part IX:  How to appraise and use an article about economic analysis by Abrahamyan, L., Pechlivanoglou, P., Krahn, M., Carrasco-Labra, A., Brignardello-Petersen, R., Glick, M., . . . Azarpazhooh, A., 2015, 146(9), 679 - 689.

Evidence-based dentistry in clinical practice by A. Ismail, J. Bader. 2004,135(1),78-83.

Survey of systematic reviews in dentistry by J. Bader, A. Ismail. 2004, 135(4), 464-473.

Evidence-Based Dentistry Series by Susan E. Sutherland, 2001

• Part I. Getting Started, 67(4), 204-206
• Part II. Searching for Answers to Clinical Questions: How to Use MEDLINE, 67(5), 277 -280
• Part III. Searching for Answers to Clinical Questions: Finding E-vidence on the Internet - by Susan E. Sutherland & Stephanie Walker (includes web links), 67(6), 320-323
• Part IV. Research Design and Levels of Evidence, 67(7), 375-378
• Part V. Critical Appraisal of the Dental Literature: Papers About Therapy, 67(8), 442-445
• Part VI. Critical Appraisal of the Dental Literature: Papers About Diagnosis, Etiology and Prognosis, 67(10), 582-585

Research in primary dental care series, 2004:

• Part 1: Setting the scene by Newton, J. T., E. J. Bower, and A. C. Williams, 196(9), 523-526.
• Part 2: Developing a research question by Newton, J. T., E. J. Bower, and A. C. Williams, 196(10), 605-608.
• Part 3: Designing your study by Williams, A. C., E. J. Bower, and J. T. Newton, 196(11), 669-674.
• Part 4: Measures by Williams, A. C., E. J. Bower, and J. T. Newton, 196(12), 739-746.
• Part 5: Devising a proposal, obtaining funding and ethical considerations by Bower, E. J., J. T. Newton, and A. C. Williams, 197(1), 17-19.
• Part 6: Data analysis by Williams, A. C., E. J. Bower, and J. T. Newton, 197(2), 67-73.

Evidence-based dentistry: an overview of the challenges in changing professional practice. by P. McGlone, R. Watt, A.Sheiham. 2001;190(12):636-9.

Evidence Based Dentistry by D. Richards, A. Lawrence. 1995;179(7):270-3.

How to read a paper series by T. Greenhalgh, 1997

• Assessing the methodological quality of published papers. 1997;315(7103):305-8.
• Medline database. 1997;315(7101):180-3.
• Papers that report diagnostic or screening tests. 1997;315(7107):540-3.
• Papers that report drug trials. 1997;315(7106):480-3.
• Papers that tell you what things cost (economic analyses). 1997;315(7108):596-9.
• Statistics for the non-statistician .1. Different types of data need different statistical tests. 1997;315(7104):364-6.
• Statistics for the non-statistician .2. ''significant'' relations and their pitfalls. 1997;315(7105):422-5.
• Getting your bearings (deciding what the paper is about). 1997;315(7102):243-6.
• Papers that summarise other papers (systematic reviews and meta-analyses). 1997;315(7109):672-5.
• Papers that go beyond numbers (qualitative research) by T. Greenhalgh, R.Taylor. 1997;315(7110):740-3.

Understanding the jigsaw of evidence-based dentistry series by N. Pitts, 2004

1. Introduction, research and synthesis, 5(1), 2-4
2. Dissemination of research results. 5(2), 33-35
3. Implementation of research findings in clinical practice. 5(3), 60-64

Study design series by K. A. Levin

1. Evidence-based dentistry. 2005, 6(3), 78-79
2. Issues of chance, bias, confounding and contamination. 2005, 6(4), 102-103
3. Cross-sectional studies. 2006, 7(1), 24-25
4. Cohort studies. 2006, 7(2), 51-52
5. Case-control studies. 2006, 7(3), 83-84
6. Ecological Studies. 2006, 7(4), 108
7. Randomised controlled trials. 2007, 8(1), 22-23