Department of Public Health Dentistry, Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, New Delhi, India.
National Resource Centre for Oral Health and Tobacco Cessation, NOHP, MoHFW, GoI, Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2023 Mar 27;39(1):e18. doi: 10.1017/S0266462322003312.
Health technology assessment (HTA) is the systematic evaluation of various properties and effects of a health technology. HTA can serve as a bridge between the world of knowledge and that of decision making, offering decision makers the best summary of scientific evidence. Scoping HTA reports in the context of dentistry can help researchers identify grey areas; help practitioners make evidence-based decisions and further initiate better policy making.
To provide an overview on HTAs pertaining to oral health and dentistry in the past decade, map the extension and scope of the methodological practices, key findings, and limitations.
A scoping review was conducted using the Joanna Briggs Institute framework. A comprehensive search for HTA reports was done through the International Network of Agencies for Health Technology Assessment Database from January 2010 to December 2020. Consecutively, electronic databases (PubMed and Google Scholar) were searched. Finally, thirty-six reports were included in this review and analyzed.
A total of 709 articles were initially identified, of which thirty-six met the inclusion criteria. Reviewed HTAs focused on various specialties of dentistry worldwide. Maximum number of reports ( = 5) were related to "prosthodontics and dental implants" and technologies related to preventive dentistry were most commonly assessed ( = 4).
Functional, appropriate, and evidence-based information provided through HTA pertaining to oral health on a regular basis will enable decision makers to have enough data to make decisions on the future use of new technology, modify existing policies, accelerate its translation into practice, and ensure provision of robust dental healthcare services.
健康技术评估（HTA）是对各种卫生技术的特性和效果进行系统评价。HTA 可以作为知识世界和决策世界之间的桥梁，为决策者提供对科学证据的最佳总结。对牙科领域的 HTA 报告进行范围界定，可以帮助研究人员发现灰色地带；帮助从业者做出基于证据的决策，并进一步推动更好的政策制定。
综述过去十年中与口腔健康和牙科相关的 HTA，绘制方法学实践、主要发现和局限性的范围和广度图。
使用乔安娜布里格斯研究所（Joanna Briggs Institute）框架进行范围界定综述。通过国际卫生技术评估机构网络数据库（从 2010 年 1 月至 2020 年 12 月）全面检索 HTA 报告。随后，在电子数据库（PubMed 和 Google Scholar）中进行了搜索。最终，本综述纳入了 36 份报告并进行了分析。
最初共确定了 709 篇文章，其中 36 篇符合纳入标准。综述中涉及的 HTA 聚焦于全球范围内牙科的各个专业领域。数量最多的报告（=5）与“修复学和牙种植体”有关，而预防牙科相关技术是最常评估的（=4）。
定期提供有关口腔健康的基于功能、适当和证据的 HTA 信息，将使决策者能够获得足够的数据，从而就新技术的未来使用、修改现有政策、加速其转化为实践以及确保提供稳健的牙科医疗保健服务做出决策。
