1Department of Public Health Dentistry, Kalka Dental College, Meerut
2Departmemt of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Kalka Dental College, Meerut
*Address for correspondence: Dr Garima Sharma, Department of public health dentistry, Kalka Dental College, Meerut
Online published on 11 April, 2014.
The practice of dentistry is becoming complex and challenging day by day. Changing socio-demographic patterns, patients as knowledgeable health care consumers, rapid advancement in technology and information; all place greater demands on clinical decision making. The need for reliable information and the electronic revolution have come together to allow the “paradigm shift” towards evidence-based health care to progress swiftly. Evidence-based dentistry closes the gap between clinical research and real world dental practice and provides dentists with powerful tools to interpret and apply research findings.
Evidence-based dentistry, clinical research, dental practice
