The logic model for evidence-based clinical decision making in dental practice.

It is important and timely to facilitate evidence-based decision making that results in better patient outcomes, enhanced research planning, better products, and improved policy development. This article discusses the current status of evidence-based dentistry. It describes the central role of systematic reviews in the process of clinical decision making in evidence-based dental practice. Particular emphasis is given to the correspondence of the 4 fundamental steps of the logic model--inputs, activities, outputs, and impact--to the process of actualizing and evaluating clinical decision making and policies in evidence-based dentistry.