title: The logic model for evidence-based clinical decision making in dental practice.
abstract: It is important and timely to facilitate evidence-based decision making that results in better patient outcomes, enhanced research planning, better products, and improved policy development. This article discusses the current status of evidence-based dentistry. It describes the central role of systematic reviews in the process of clinical decision making in evidence-based dental practice. Particular emphasis is given to the correspondence of the 4 fundamental steps of the logic model--inputs, activities, outputs, and impact--to the process of actualizing and evaluating clinical decision making and policies in evidence-based dentistry.
authors.affiliation: Section of Oral Biology, Division of Oral Biology & Medicine, UCLA School of Dentistry, CHS 63-090, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1668, USA. fchiappelli@dentistry.ucla.edu
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chiappelli
authors.forename: Olivia S
authors.initials: OS
authors.lastname: Cajulis
mesh_terms: D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D055094:Evidence-Based Dentistry