Sources of Information / Levels of Evidence Flashcards
1
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- Define and describe evidence-based dentistry
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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.
2
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- Discuss the applicability of evidence-based dentistry to the selection of dental biomaterials
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- Materials don’t belong on the body–Material may affect the oral environment
- Mouth is a hostile environment for materials–Physico-mechanical or chemical/electrochemical breakdown may occur
- Problems will also occur where there is an interface between a synthetic material and oral tissues
3
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Clariry
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Understandable, the meaning can be grasped
4
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Accuracy
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Free from errors and distortion; true
5
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Precision
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Exact to the necessary level of detail
6
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Relevance
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Relating to the matter at hand
7
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Depth
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Containing complexities and multiple interrelationships
8
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Breadth
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Encompassing multiple viewpoints
9
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Logic
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The parts make sense together, no contradictions
10
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Significance
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Focusing on the important, not trivial
11
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Fairness
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Justifiable, not self serving or one-sided
