Session #1

Question 1

what was the archeological discovery of caries in ancient egypt

Answer 1

ancient ppl in lower SES had a LOWER caries rate than royalty

-proved that dental caries was correlated to a great extend with diet

Question 2

when and where did dentistry become a separate medical profession

Answer 2

1840

Baltimore college of dental surgery

Question 3

what cultures developed the toothbrush

Answer 3

chinese and babylonian cultures

they came from chewsticks

Question 4

EBD is an approach to oral health care that requires the _____ of clinically relevant _____ _____, relating to the pts oral and medical condition and hx, with the _____ _____ ______ and the pts _____ ______ ___ ______

Answer 4

• integration
• scientific evidence
• dentist’s clinical expertise
• tx needs and preferences

Question 5

what type of approach does EBD take?

Answer 5

patient centered

*provides personalized dental care based on the most current scientific knowledge

Question 6

what are the three components of EBD?

Answer 6

• the best available scientific knowledge
• a dentists clinical skill and judgement
• pts needs and preferences

Question 7

EBD is what?

Answer 7

systematic approach to practicing good dentistry

*helps practitioners provide the right care, to the right pts, at the right time

Question 8

EBD is not…

Answer 8

• cook book dentistry (will not say what you should and shouldnt do)
• standard of care***** (though related)
• only about randomized trials (not a rigid methotical approach)
• impossible to practice

Question 9

does EBD guarantee making better decisions in the provision of dental care?

Answer 9

no

Question 10

the APPLICATION of the CURRENT best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual pts

Answer 10

evidence based practice

Question 11

what are the five steps to EBD?

Answer 11

• formulate a question
• find the best possible evidence
• review the evidence for validity and strengths and weaknesses
• integrate the best research with clinical expertise and pt needs
• evaluate your efforts and see ways to improve

Question 12

what are the two types of clinical questions?

Answer 12

• background information (general knowledge, population frequency, etiology)
• foreground questions (specific disease, diagnostic accuracy, managing pts, interventions, predictions)

Question 13

what is the anatomy of a well-formulated question?

Answer 13

PICO

P- population or patient type
I- Intervention or exposure
C- comparison
O- outcome