Clinical decisions and the quality of evidence available for dental implants

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1559-1561

  Bhatavadekar, Neel ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Rice University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical; Clinical trial; Decision making; Decision support systems; Dental implants; Evidence based dentistry; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; DATA BASE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; EQUIPMENT; EVIDENCE BASED DENTISTRY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MARKETING; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; STANDARD; TOOTH IMPLANTATION;

ACCREDITATION; DATABASES AS TOPIC; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL IMPLANTS; DEVICE APPROVAL; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; EVIDENCE-BASED DENTISTRY; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HUMANS; MARKETING; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 70349656551     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.2009.090265     Document Type: Review

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