title: Evidence-based dental care--a concept review.
abstract: Evidence-based (science-based) care is the prevailing paradigm in the health sciences. This paper briefly reviews the basic concepts of evidence-based care. Assessment of scientific evidence including information retrieval, evaluation of the quality of evidence, and finally the synthesis of collected evidence is described. Practitioner approach to evidence-based care through the twin modalities of literature reviews and clinical practice guidelines is outlined. It is concluded that the promotion of outcomes research and the adoption of evidence-based practice is likely to improve the delivery of a high standard of quality dental care.
authors.affiliation: Tawam Hospital, Ministry of Health, Al-Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Nainar
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D003729:Dental Care; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012107:Research Design / Q000592:standards; D012196:Review Literature as Topic