Evidence-based practice
Evidence-based practice is the "integration of the best research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values."
Sackett, Strauss, Richardson, et al., as cited in Maher, Sherrington, Elkins, Herbert, & Mosely, 2004, Challenges for evidence-based physical therapy: Accessing and interpreting high-quality evidence on therapy, Physical Therapy, 84(7), p. 645.
Evidence-Based Practice Pyramid Evidence increases in quality as you go up the pyramid.
Evidence-Based Research
American Dental Association’s Center for Evidence-Based Dentistry
- Clinical practice guidelines
PubMed Search engine for medical and dental literature
Suggested Search Limits:
- English language
- Published in last 5 years
- Article Types: Meta-Analysis, Randomized Controlled Trials
Cochrane Library Systematic Articles published in Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Cochrane contains many articles that are NOT free. DO NOT PAY FOR THEM! Copy and past the article title and author into the library's discovery tool to locate open source versions OR interlibrary loan the article for FREE!
Suggested Search Limits for Cochrane:
- Select topic 'Dentistry and Oral Health'
- Published in last 5 years
- Cochrane is already limited to the Systematic Article type.
To link to full-text articles in our databases, or check availability in our print holdings.
SUNY Broome Peer-Reviewed Journals for Dental Hygiene/Dentistry
- Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry
- Journal of Periodontology
- Journal of Public Health Dentistry
Journals available in SUNY Broome databases
- American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
- Canadian Journal of Dental Hygiene
- Caries Research 2017-8/2018
- Dental Materials
- Journal of Dental Hygiene
- Journal of Dentistry
- Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice
- Journal of Periodontology
- Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry
- Journal of Public Health Dentistry
- Journal of the American Dental Association
- New England Journal of Medicine
- Check the box for "EBM Reviews" under the search options, or limit your search to Publication Type "Meta-Analysis" CTRL+"Randomized Contolled Trial"
CINAHL Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature
- Limit your search to Publication Type "Meta-Analysis" CTRL+ "Randomized Contolled Trial"
Grading System Based on Strength of Recommendation
Levels of evidence. (2009). Journal of Evidence Based Dental Practice, 9(1): A5-A8.
Guide information compiled by Karen Pitcher.