Evidence-based dentistry an introduction / [[Book] :]
Allan K. Hackshaw, Elizabeth A. Paul, Elizabeth S. Davenport.
- 1st.ed.
- Oxford ; Ames, Iowa : allan hackshaw, 2006.
- xii, 225 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Evidence-based dentistry.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-221) and index.
Evidence-based dentistry : what it is and how to practice it -- Counting people : understanding percentages and proportions -- Taking measurements on people -- Comparing groups and examining associations -- Assessing the effectiveness of treatments -- Determining risk factors for and causes of disease -- Detecting disease -- Study design issues -- Reviewing all the evidence -- Summary of statistical concepts.
during the years spent as a dental student and while practising as a dentist , it is important to be able to idetify risk factors and causes of disease and to assess whether methods of detection , prevention and treatment are effective or not.