What is EBD?
"Evidence-Based Dentistry (EBD) is an approach to oral healthcare that requires the judicious integration of systematic assessments of clinically relevant scientific evidence, relating to the patient's oral and medical condition and history, with the dentist's clinical expertise and the patient's treatment needs and preferences." (American Dental Association)
Steps of Evidence-Based Dentistry (5 A's)
The 5 A’s for EBD are identified in:
Richards D, Clarkson J, Matthews D, Niederman R. Evidence-Based Dentistry: Managing Information for Better Practice. London; Chicago: Quintessence Pub; 2008.
This image “The 5 A’s” by the Medical Library Association Dental Section can be reused under the CC BY-NC-SA license
EBD Overviews
- Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (Oxford University)Critical appraisal worksheets, calculators, CATmaker, examples and explanations
- Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (University of Toronto)Critical appraisal worksheets
Evidence-Based Dentistry Tutorials
- Introduction to Evidence-Based Dentistry TutorialUniversity of Illinois at Chicago