ADA Foundation nets grant for EBD Web site
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Posted March 30, 2007 |
By Jennifer Garvin A new ADA Web site on evidence-based dentistry is under way thanks to a generous grant from the National Library of Medicine and National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research.
The grant to the ADA Foundation will be used to develop the go-to EBD resource for dentists and patients.
The grant application was submitted by the ADA Division of Science and was prompted by a recommendation from the ADA's 2004 Symposium on EBD.
"Dentists are busy treating patients and don't have the time to search multiple sources for the latest scientific evidence on a particular question," said Julie Frantsve-Hawley, Ph.D., ADA assistant director of scientific information.
"When launched, the ADA's EBD Web site will provide one central location for clinical evidence," she explained. "The Web site will be user-friendly so that dentists can find the information they need quickly, and will have brief critical summaries of systematic reviews that will include how the science could be considered in clinical decision making. This will ultimately help dentists to provide the best possible patient care."
The ADA EBD program will start a new phase for the dental profession, educators, students and public, said Dr. Amid Ismail, the ADA's expert consultant on EBD and a member of the panel developing the Web site.
"The grant will support the development of objective, critical and scientific evaluations of all evidence related to dental and oral health interventions," Dr. Ismail said. "It will be the home to go to whenever there is a need to access the latest on systematic reviews and critiques of scientific evidence and recommendations/guidelines developed by different groups. The Web site will also be the home for posting clinical questions and commentary on current evidence."
The Web site, which will be launched later this year, will facilitate the implementation of EBD by providing user-friendly resources to access scientific information.
Resources will include:
- a listing of all systematic reviews on dental and oral health topics;
- critical summaries of systematic reviews;
- evidence-based clinical recommendations;
- an EBD section for patients and the general public;
- links to other EBD resources.
"It's really exciting," said Dr. Frantsve-Hawley. "Members have told us this is what they wanted and now dentists will be able to access the Web site in their everyday clinical practice. Many people at the ADA worked hard to make this happen."
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