title: Evidence-based dentistry--overcoming the challenges for the UK's dental practitioners.
abstract: This paper describes the historical origins and purpose of 'evidence-based practice' and describes the barriers to the growth of evidence-based practice within dentistry. It describes a new research agenda-setting process for dentistry, which includes identifying and prioritising the topics of most relevance to the work of primary dental care practitioners. By undertaking the work described in this paper we were striving to make research more relevant to the day to day decisions made by dentists in practice by introducing a new process, the intention being to promote and promulgate the practice of evidence-based dentistry.
authors.affiliation: Researcher, Collaboration for the Advancement of Medical Education Research &Assessment (CAMERA), Plymouth University, Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, Portland Square, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fox
authors.affiliation: Foundation Dean and Professor of Dental Public Health, Public Health Academic Consultant, Plymouth University, Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry.
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Kay
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor of Health Economics and Evaluation, Peninsula Technology Assessment Group, University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D003729:Dental Care / Q000592:standards; D003815:Dentists / Q000592:standards*; D055094:Evidence-Based Dentistry; D006801:Humans; D006113:United Kingdom