title: Oral Rehabilitation Outcomes Network-ORONet.
abstract: The published literature describing clinical evidence used in treatment decisionmaking for the management of tooth loss continues to be characterized by a lack of consistent outcome measures reflecting not only clinical performance but also a range of patient concerns. Recognizing this problem, an international group of clinicians, educators, and scientists with a focus on prosthodontics formed the Oral Rehabilitation Outcomes Network (ORONet) to promote strategies for improving health based on comprehensive, patient-centered evaluations of comparative effectiveness of therapies for oral rehabilitation. An initial goal of ORONet is to identify outcome measures for prosthodontic therapies that represent multiple domains with patient relevance, are amenable to utilization in both institutional and practice-based environments, and have established validity. Following a model used in rheumatology, the group assessed the prosthodontic literature, with an emphasis on implantbased therapies, for outcomes related to longevity and functional, psychologic, and economic domains. These systematic reviews highlight a need for further development of standardized outcomes that can be integrated across clinical and research environments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology, Prosthodontic Section, University Turin, Torino, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bassi
authors.forename: Alan B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Carr
authors.forename: Ting-Ling
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Emad
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Estafanous
authors.forename: Neal R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Garrett
authors.forename: Risto-Pekka
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Happonen
authors.forename: Sreenivas
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koka
authors.forename: Juhani
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Laine
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Osswald
authors.forename: Harry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Reintsema
authors.forename: Jana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rieger
authors.forename: Eleni
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Roumanas
authors.forename: Emad
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Estafanous
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Salinas
authors.forename: Clark M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Stanford
authors.forename: Johan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wolfaardt
mesh_terms: D032921:Consensus; D003657:Decision Making; D015921:Dental Implants / Q000592:standards; D018865:Dental Research / Q000592:standards; D055094:Evidence-Based Dentistry; D006801:Humans; D051188:Knowledge Bases; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D009065:Mouth Rehabilitation; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000592:standards; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D011476:Prosthodontics / Q000592:standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012196:Review Literature as Topic; D016388:Tooth Loss / Q000534:rehabilitation; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants