Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice
Volume 9, Issue 4 , Pages 197-205 , December 2009

Which Evidence has an Impact on Dentists' Willingness to Change Their Behavior?

  • Inger Wårdh, PhD, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dental Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Inger Wårdh, Institute of Odontology, Karolinska Institutet, Box 4064, SE-141 04 Huddinge, Sweden, Business: +46 8 524 882 26.
    • ,
  • Susanna Axelsson, PhD, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care, Stockholm, Sweden
    • ,
  • Åke Tegelberg, PhD, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Clinical Research, Uppsala University, Central Hospital, Västerås, Sweden, Faculty of Odontology, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden

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PII: S1532-3382(09)00088-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jebdp.2009.05.002

Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice
Volume 9, Issue 4 , Pages 197-205 , December 2009

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