Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice
Volume 8, Issue 3 , Pages 116-118, September 2008

Grading the Evidence: The Core of EBD

Department of Dental Public Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

Three different types of systematic experiments are powerful tools to evaluate whether the low-level evidence on cause and effect indeed translates into tangible outcomes in humans. The evidence pyramid forms the core of evidence-based dentistry that allows grading the evidence.

Key Words: Evidence-Based dentistry, evidence pyramid, grade

 

PII: S1532-3382(08)00114-0

doi:10.1016/j.jebdp.2008.05.010

Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice
Volume 8, Issue 3 , Pages 116-118, September 2008