Rawat Parul, Goswami Rahul P, Kaur Gagandeep, Vyas Tarun, Sharma Neha, Singh Abhinav
Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Pacific Dental College & Hospital, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.
Department of Dentistry, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College Ajmer, Rajasthan, India, Phone: +91941374320, e-mail:
J Contemp Dent Pract. 2018 Sep 1;19(9):1140-1146.
Rendering quality care to the patient, dentists needs to update their skills and knowledge with latest diagnostics and treatment modalities. Evidence-based dentistry can provide best-known treatments.
To assess knowledge, attitude, and practice of oral healthcare professionals toward evidence-based dentistry among dental professionals.
A cross-sectional study was conducted for a period of 3 months from April 2017 to June 2017 in Jodhpur city, Rajasthan, India. The data were collected by using closed-ended questionnaires. A total of 240 study subjects participated in the survey, which include dental practitioners and dentists attached to the two private dental colleges in the Jodhpur. Chi-square test was used to determine significant difference among the three groups.
Statistically significant difference among the three groups (academicians, practitioners, and academicians into dental practice) was found with regard to awareness of dentists about extracting journals, review publications, and databases relevant in carrying out evidence-based practice (EBP); 72.4% of academician felt lack of personal time was one of the major perceived barriers and about 50.7% of academician believe that learning skills of evidence-based dentistry helps them to utilize evidence-based dentistry in daily practice.
Majority of the oral health practitioners were not aware about the concept of evidence-based dentistry. The regulatory body of dental sciences in India should make some necessary changes in the dental curriculum to include the concept of evidence-based dentistry in detail.
To improve the clinical expertise of the dental professional, to aid dental professional to reach best decision regarding dental treatment of the patient, to improve patient safety, and to improve the success rate of dental treatments, evidence-based dentistry should be the integral part of everyday dental practice.
为患者提供优质护理，牙医需要通过最新的诊断和治疗方式来更新他们的技能和知识。循证牙科可以提供最知名的治疗方法。
评估口腔保健专业人员对牙科专业人员循证牙科的知识、态度和实践。
2017年4月至2017年6月在印度拉贾斯坦邦焦特布尔市进行了为期3个月的横断面研究。通过使用封闭式问卷收集数据。共有240名研究对象参与了调查，其中包括焦特布尔两所私立牙科学院的牙科从业者和牙医。采用卡方检验来确定三组之间的显著差异。
在牙医对开展循证实践（EBP）相关的拔牙期刊、综述出版物和数据库的知晓方面，三组（院士、从业者和从事牙科实践的院士）之间存在统计学上的显著差异；72.4%的院士认为缺乏个人时间是主要的认知障碍之一，约50.7%的院士认为循证牙科的学习技能有助于他们在日常实践中运用循证牙科。
大多数口腔健康从业者不了解循证牙科的概念。印度牙科科学监管机构应在牙科课程中做出一些必要改变，以详细纳入循证牙科的概念。
为提高牙科专业人员的临床专业知识，帮助牙科专业人员就患者的牙科治疗做出最佳决策，提高患者安全性，并提高牙科治疗的成功率，循证牙科应成为日常牙科实践的组成部分。
