The updated version of this tutorial is available here: http://www.slideshare.net/uthsclib/module-2-evidencebased-dental-public-health-1724938 Module 2 of the Oral Health Tutorial, a production of UT HSC Libraries. This module focuses on evidence-based dental health. View this tutorial to learn how to define evidence-based dental public health, learn effective retrieval strategy, be able to critique the literature and apply it to public health dental practice. This tutorial is copyright Lara Sapp and Julie Gaines. Uploaded with permission.

1. Toolkit for Dental Health Professionals Evidence-Based Dental Public Health Data Tools and Statistics Patient Information Oral Health Tutorial for Dental Public Health Professionals Purpose : Provides instruction for public health dental practitioners that focuses on finding and evaluating information relevant to public health dental practice. This project has been funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under Contract No. N01-LM-6-3505 under the Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library.

2. Evidence-Based Dental Public Health

6. The 5 A’s of Evidence-Based Dentistry Acquire the best evidence Appraise the evidence Apply evidence to patient care Assess the patient Ask clinical questions (Use PICO model)

11. Hierarchical Levels of Evidence Table Rank Evidence Level Study Type 1 Systematic review & randomized controlled trials Review of randomized controlled trials, Experimental + control, Randomization 2 Cohort Studies Experimental + control, no randomization 3 Case-Control Studies Experimental + control, retrospective 4 Case Reports Experimental only, prospective 5 Narrative review, editorial N/A Epidemiology, Animal studies, In vitro studies

13. Try to find a systematic review to answer your question. If one is not available, you can choose other types of studies lower on the hierarchical pyramid of evidence.