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Evidence-based dental practice: searching the literature and writing a report

This guide will help you search and assess literature to support dental research questions.

A Final Note about Verbs

A Final Note about Verbs:

We use verbs strategically to indicate how highly we rank a study, for example:

Conclusively establish/show 
Establish
Demonstrate
Show

Suggest
Indicate
May suggest
May indicate

Fails to show/demonstrate/establish
Does not support
Is not supported