title: A practical approach to evidence-based dentistry: X: How to avoid being misled by clinical studies' results in dentistry.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Clinicians using evidence to inform decisions on a daily basis have access to a number of tools to help them judge the importance of discriminating studies conducted using suboptimal methods from more rigorous ones. Many checklists have been developed to facilitate and guide clinicians to identify and critically appraise clinical studies. However, only limited guidance is available addressing how clinicians can identify misleading claims from those that can be supported reliably by study results.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In this final article of a series of 10, the authors provide key concepts that clinicians can use to help them avoid using biased inferences or statements that are "too good to be true."
authors.forename: Alonso
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carrasco-Labra
authors.forename: Romina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Brignardello-Petersen
authors.forename: Amir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Azarpazhooh
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Glick
authors.forename: Gordon H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Guyatt
mesh_terms: D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D003729:Dental Care / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D055094:Evidence-Based Dentistry / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Results interpretation; evidence-based dentistry; misleading presentation of results