Grading the evidence: the core of EBD.
Three different types of systematic experiments are powerful tools to evaluate whether the low-level evidence on cause and effect indeed translates into tangible outcomes in humans. The evidence pyramid forms the core of evidence-based dentistry that allows grading the evidence.
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Philippe
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Department of Dental Public Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
D003813:Dentistry; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans