1Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Shree Bankey Bihari Dental College & Research Centre, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
2Reader, Dept. of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Shree Bankey Bihari Dental College & Research Centre, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
3Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Rajasthan Dental College & Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan
4Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Oral Medicine & Radiology, PDM Dental College and Research Institute, Bahadurgarh, Haryana
5Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Oral Medicine & Radiology, KVG Dental College and Hospital, Sullia, Karnataka
*Corresponding author: Sachin Mittal, Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Shree Bankey Bihari Dental College & Research Centre, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh - 201302, E-mail: sachin2627@yahoo.co.in
Online published on 6 November, 2014.
American Dental Association defines -"Evidence based care as an approach to oral health care that requires the judicious integration of systematic assessments of clinically relevant scientific evidence, relating to the patient's oral and medical condition and history, with the dentist's clinical expertise and the patient's treatment needs and preferences". Evidence is an important requirement for any clinical diagnosis and treatment. Any clinical decision requires reliable data to support the decision. An evidence-based approach has several advantages. One is that it will serve patients better because only tested procedures will be endorsed. Second is that it will increase the standing of the profession because it will ensure that proven treatments offered. Dentists are expected by patients, colleagues, and Government to keep abreast of new techniques and developments.
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