Caries treatment in a dental practice‐based research network: movement toward stated evidence‐based treatment
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Objectives: Practice‐based research networks (PBRN s) provide a venue to foster evidence‐based care. We tested the hypothesis that a higher level of participation in a dental PBRN is associated with greater stated change toward evidence‐based practice. Methods: A total of 565 dental PBRN practitioner‐investigators completed a baseline questionnaire entitled ‘A ssessment of C aries D iagnosis and T reatment’; 405 of these also completed a follow‐up questionnaire about treatment of caries and existing restorations. Certain questions (six treatment scenarios) were repeated at follow‐up a mean (SD) of 36.0 (3.8) months later. A total of 224 were ‘full participants’ (enrolled in clinical studies and attended at least one network meeting); 181 were ‘partial participants’ (did not meet ‘full’ criteria). Results: From 10% to 62% of practitioners were ‘surgically invasive’ at baseline, depending on the clinical scenario. Stated treatment approach was significantly less invasive at follow‐up for four of six items. Change was greater among full participants and those with a more‐invasive approach at baseline, with an overall pattern of movement away from the extremes. Conclusions: These results are consistent with a preliminary conclusion that network participation fostered movement of scientific evidence into routine practice. PBRN s may foster movement of evidence into everyday practice as practitioners become engaged in the scientific process.
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- Authors
- Gilbert, G. H., Gordan, V. V., Funkhouser, E. M., Rindal, D. B., Fellows, J. L., Qvist, V., Anderson, G., Worley, D., & The National Dental PBRN Collaborative Group
- Affiliations
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
- University of Florida Health (US)
- HealthPartners (US)
- Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research (US)
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- General Dentistry Private Practice Selma AL USA
- Corresponding author
- Gilbert, Gregg H.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2012-10-05
- Volume
- 41
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 143-153
- ISSN
- 0301-5661 (ISSN-L)
- 1600-0528
- PMC
- PMC3811014
- OpenAlex
- W1999375701
- Cited by
- 12
- References
- 38
- Citations by year
- 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 2
- FWCI
- 3.38
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- europepmc.org
- Locations
- Community Dentistry And Oral Epidemiology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (U01DE016746, U01DE016747, U19DE022516)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Sciences Research and Education
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Dental Education, Practice, Research
- Health Sciences › Dentistry › Orthodontics › Dental materials and restorations
- Keywords
- caries treatment, practice-based research networks, evidence-based practice, caries diagnosis, restoration, network participation, evidence dissemination
- MeSH terms
- Attitude of Health Personnel, Composite Resins, Dental Amalgam, Dental Caries, Dental Caries Susceptibility, Dental Cavity Preparation, Dental Enamel, Dental Materials, Dental Polishing, Dental Restoration, Permanent, Dentin, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Male, Patient Care Planning, Pit and Fissure Sealants, Surveys and Questionnaires, Radiography, Dental Prosthesis Repair, Retreatment, Practice Patterns, Dentists', Air Abrasion, Dental, Evidence-Based Dentistry, Community-Based Participatory Research
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