Evidence-Based Dentistry Flashcards
True or False: Ancient people in lower SES had lower caries rates than royalty.
True
True or False: The earliest known dentist dates back to 2600 B.C. in Egypt.
True
What was the first dental college? In what year was this founded?
Baltimore College of Dental Surgery
1840
Order these milestones in dentistry, from oldest to newest: Novocaine, Floss, High speed handpiece, toothbrush.
Toothbrush
Floss- 1815
Novocaine- 1905
Hand piece- 1957
What is evidence-based medicine?
a process of lifelong, self-directed, problem-based learning
What are critical aspects of Evidence Based Dentistry?
- integration
- scientific evidence
- dentist’s clinical expertise
- patient’s needs and preferences
EBD takes a ______-centered approach to practice and decision making
patient
What are the three important components of EBD?
- best available scientific evidence
- dentist’s clinical skill and judgement
- patient needs and preferences
True or False: EBD is “cook-book” dentistry
False
True or False: EBD guarantees making better decisions.
False: facilitates better decisions only
What are the steps to EBD?
- Formulate question
- Find evidence
- Review evidence for applicability
- Integrate with expertise, needs, etc.
- Evaluate efforts
Step #1 to evidence based dentistry = asking a clinically relevant and _______ question.
searchable
Anatomy of a well-formulated question is described by _ _ _ _ or _ _ _ _
PICO or PECO P = population or patient I = intervention, E - exposure C = comparison O = outcome
What is the “P” in PICO?
Population or patient type
- persons for whom the answer is sough
ex: any age without disability
What is the “I” in PICO?
Intervention
- treatment or exposure related to the clinical condition of interest
ex: power toothbrush use
