Frantsve-Hawley Julie
American Dental Association Center for Evidence-based Dentistry, Chicago, Illinois 60011, USA.
J Evid Based Dent Pract. 2008 Sep;8(3):133-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jebdp.2008.05.013.
Multiple resources are available to help practitioners access the latest scientific evidence. Evidence-based dentistry (EBD) is an approach to clinical decision making that incorporates the most current and comprehensive scientific evidence with the practitioner's judgment and the patient's needs and preferences. One challenge in implementing this approach is access to evidence, and there are multiple online resources that can be used in this endeavor. This article presents the Evidence Locator, a list of Web sites that provide access to "secondary sources" of evidence. Such "secondary sources" are typically summaries of systematic reviews and evidence-based clinical recommendations or guidelines. Also presented is a list of other Web sites that may be useful to the practitioner in implementing EBD.
