title: An introduction to research for primary dental care clinicians part 9: stage 10. Writing up and disseminating the results.
abstract: This paper, the ninth and final one in the series, will address the tenth and final stage of a research project suggested in the first paper. The ten suggested stages are:  1. The initial idea (asking a research question).  2. Searching the literature. 3. Refining the research question.  4. Planning the study.  5. Writing a protocol.  6. Obtaining ethical approval and funding.  7. Piloting the methodology and project management.  8. Collecting data.  9. Analysing the data.  10. Writing up and disseminating the results. The paper outlines the steps that authors should take when seeking to publish the results of research in peer-reviewed journals and how to disseminate results through presentations at scientific conferences. These steps represent the final stage in the research process.
authors.affiliation: UCL Eastman and KCL Dental Institutes, London, UK. keaton@rcseng.ac.uk
authors.forename: Kenneth A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Eaton
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wiles
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: O'Malley
mesh_terms: D000043:Abstracting and Indexing; D001319:Authorship; D001634:Bibliographies as Topic; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D003729:Dental Care; D018865:Dental Research; D003815:Dentists; D035081:Editorial Policies; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D046650:Medical Subject Headings; D017712:Peer Review, Research; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D011320:Primary Health Care; D011643:Publishing; D014956:Writing