title: Putting the practice into evidence-based dentistry.
abstract: Whenever a new field emerges in health care, a period is experienced in which the field tries to define itself. This is the position evidence-based dental practice finds itself in at the moment. In this paper, it is argued that, for dentistry to enter into the brave new world of evidence-based practice, it will require some rethinking of the research enterprise in the profession.
authors.affiliation: Section of Public Health and Community Dentistry, University of California Los Angeles, School of Dentistry, 90095, USA.
authors.forename: Ian D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Coulter
mesh_terms: D003729:Dental Care / Q000592:standards; D018865:Dental Research / Q000592:standards; D003813:Dentistry; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Q000592:standards; D012107:Research Design / Q000592:standards