ADA Foundation Receives Grant to Develop Evidence-Based Dentistry Web Site

National Library of Medicine, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research Provide Funding

CHICAGO, April 5, 2007—The United States National Library of Medicine and the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research have awarded a grant to the ADA Foundation for the development of an Evidenced-Based Dentistry (EBD) Web site.

The anticipated launch of the Web site is later this year. It is a result of feedback from dentists and stakeholders in dentistry.

EBD, according to the American Dental Association (ADA), “is an approach to oral health care that requires the judicious integration of systematic assessments of clinically relevant scientific evidence, relating to the patient's oral and medical condition and history, with the dentist's clinical expertise and the patient's treatment needs and preferences.”

“There are numerous efforts underway in the systematic review of scientific information related to dental and oral health,” says Julie Frantsve-Hawley, Ph.D., ADA assistant director of scientific information. “This grant will help support and promote widespread access to the latest scientific findings and make available appropriate information dentists can consider for patient care.”

The user-friendly ADA-EBD Web site will provide one central location to access all systematic reviews of dental and oral health topics, enabling the dentist to find needed information quickly. It will also contain critical summaries of systematic reviews that will discuss how the scientific evidence should be consider in clinical decision making. In the future, the Web site also will have a section for patients and the general public.

About the American Dental Association
The not-for-profit ADA is the nation's largest dental association, representing more than 155,000 dentist members. The premier source of oral health information, the ADA has advocated for the public's health and promoted the art and science of dentistry since 1859. The ADA's state-of-the-art research facilities develop and test dental products and materials that have advanced the practice of dentistry and made the patient experience more positive. The ADA Seal of Acceptance long has been a valuable and respected guide to consumer dental care products. JADA, a monthly journal, is the ADA's flagship publication and the best-read scientific journal in dentistry. For more information about the ADA, visit the Association's Web site at www.ada.org

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