News Archives
November 07
EQUATOR Network website launched
The EQUATOR Network (Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research) is a new quality improvement initiative that seeks to improve the quality and reliability of the health research literature by promoting transparent and accurate reporting through the use of reporting guidelines.
October 07 - New & Updated Cochrane Reviews
The Latest update of the Cochrane Library has 3 new dental reviews and two updated reviews
New
- Occlusal splints for treating sleep bruxism (tooth grinding)
- Single versus multiple visits for endodontic treatment of permanent teeth
- Ultrasonic versus hand instrumentation for orthograde root canal treatment of permanent teeth
Updates
- Recall intervals for oral health in primary care patients
Routine scale and polish for periodontal health in adults
September 07 - Evidence-based Prevention Toolkit Launched
The Department of Health in England has just launched an evidence-based prevention tool-kit. which is intended to provide a simplified prevention guide for practitioners. The Department of Health commissioned the British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry (BASCD) to develop the guide for primary dental care, for use by all the dental team within the surgery setting.
August 07 -CONSORT group update website
The CONSORT Statement is an evidence-based, minimum set of recommendations for reporting randomized controlled trials. It offers a standard way for authors to prepare reports of trial findings, facilitating their complete and transparent reporting, and aiding their critical appraisal and interpretation.
Some highlights of the site:
* The definitive version of the CONSORT Statement
* The CONSORT checklist: examples and explanation of each item
* Translations of the CONSORT Statement into ten languages
* Extensions to the main CONSORT Statement for different trial designs, interventions and data types
* Browsable bibliographies of the evidence underpinning CONSORT
* History and impact of CONSORT
* News articles on the developments of CONSORT
* A full glossary of terms
* A simple yet powerful search facility
Go to CONSORT site
June-07 -Evidence Based Dentistry Course - for professionals
at the Junta de Estomat logos de Zaragazo, Spain June 18-20 , 2007
visit : http://www.cariologia.cl
May-07- Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme (SDCEP) Guidance: Decontamination Into Practice launched
The new guidance, focuses on the cleaning of instruments and also includes other information of more general relevance to decontamination.
The guidance is available to download from the SDCEP website
April-07 Cochrane Library Issue 2 - oral health group reviews
New
- Oral appliances and functional orthopaedic appliances for obstructive sleep apnoea in children
- Orthodontic and orthopaedic treatment for anterior open bite in children
- Psychological interventions to improve adherence to oral hygiene instructions in adults with periodontal disease
- Pulp management for caries in adults: maintaining pulp vitality
- Resorbable versus titanium plates for orthognathic surgery
Updated
- Adhesives for fixed orthodontic bands
- Interventions for replacing missing teeth: different times for loading dental implants
- Interventions for treating oral candidiasis for patients with cancer receiving treatment
- Interventions for treating oral mucositis for patients with cancer receiving treatment
September 2006 -Evidentista website Launched
Evidentista website in English, Spanish and Portuguese. launched by Pan American Centers for Evidence Based Dentistry.
August 2006 - American Dental Association launches evidence-based recommendations
The Journal of the American Dental Association has published new evidence-based recommendations on the professional use of topical fluorides.
Go to recommendations
May 2006 -Cochrane Oral Health Group Symposium
Evidence for up-to-date clinical dental practice:A review of 10 years of the Cochrane Oral Health Group. Manchester Conference Centre, UK. Tuesday 30th & Wednesday 31st May 2006
April 2006
Guidelines for the prevention of endocarditis:
New endocarditis prophylaxis guidelines have been produced by the Working Party of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC) and published early online in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.
Go to Guideline
Oral Health Specialist Library migrates to National Libray for Health
The Oral Health Specialist Library along with the other specialist labries has migrated to the NHS National Library for Health . The Oral Health Specialist Library is being developed by a team at Cardiff University under guidance from a UK-wide steering group.
Go to the Oral Health Specialist Library
November 05
SIGN launches new Dental Guideline
The Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) has launced a new dental Guideline for the Prevention and management of dental decay in the pre-school child.
Full guideline
Quick Reference Guide
Cochrane Oral Health Group launches updated website
November 05- Cochrane Oral Health Group launches a revamped website. The site has a new format and content, more resources , links and a different site structure.
July 2005 - NICE publishes guidance on HealOzone
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has published guidance on the clinical effectiveness and cost effectiveness of HealOzone for the treatment of tooth decay (occlusal pit and fissure caries and root caries)
Find out more about the guidance
June 2005 - NICE Launches new Cancer Referral Guidance
New guidelines from NICE and the National Collaborating Centre for Primary Care (NCC-PC) aim to reduce the variation in referral times from primary care to specialist investigation for people with suspected cancer.
Find out more about the guideline
May 2005 -First International Clinical Trials day held on May 20th
April 2005 -Latest issue of Cochrane Library Oral Health Reviews
New
- Antibiotic use for irreversible pulpitis
- Interventions for treating asymptomatic impacted wisdom teeth in adolescents and adults
- Recall intervals for oral health in primary care patients
- Sedation of anxious children undergoing dental treatment
Updated
- Manual versus powered toothbrushing for oral health
March 2005- New Centre for Evidence-based Dentistry website launched in Baltimore.
Derek Richards (Director of CEBD) speaking at the Evidence-based Dentistry Network Group meeting at the IADR meeting in Baltimore on 10th March launched the CEBD's new website. Working with the Oxford-based company Minervation the website has undergone a major restructuring and now provides clearer navigation with important new sections on How to Practice Evidence-based Dentistry and Conducting Research. In the future the website will be introducing a regular Newsletter and other opportunities for users to interact with the site.
July 2004 Evidence-based Dentistry Journal achieves Medline listing.
The Evidence-based Dentistry Journal which is published by Nature and has it Editorial base at the Centre for Evidence-based Dentistry is pleased to announce that it has been successful in it's submission for inclusion in Medline. The title was initially launched in November 1998 as supplement to the British Dental Journal becoming a stand-alone quarterly publication in 2000.
2003 -Virtual Centre for Improving Oral Health Launched
The virtual 'Centre for Improving Oral Health through Evidence-Based Dentistry' (vC-IOH) has been established by a unique non-competitive networking of four UK units that have a long history in the advocacy and use of evidence-based methods. The core groups are:
CEBD the Centre for Evidence-Based Dentistry (Oxford): The CEBD provides training and disseminates information via both a website and this, the most widely distributed evidence-based dental journal, Evidence-Based Dentistry.
COHG the Cochrane Oral Health Group (Manchester): The Oral Health Group of the Cochrane Collaboration is an international group that undertakes systematic reviews of literature, covering all randomised controlled trials of oral health.
DHSRU the Dental Health Services Research Unit (Dundee, Scotland): Members of the unit have been involved in the development of Evidence-based guidelines for the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network, the Faculty of General Dental Practitioners (FGDP) and the National Institute of Clinical Excellence. DHSRU currently leads the development of the National Health Service's (NHS) Dental Clinical Care Pathways programme under the 'Options for Change' initiative in England.
WOHIU the Welsh Oral Health Information Unit (Cardiff, Wales): Members of the unit have been involved in several high-profile systematic reviews, most notably the York review of water fluoridation. Currently WOHIU are responsible for leading development of the National Electronic Library for Health Oral Health Specialist Library.
Summer 2002 - International Collaboration in Evidence-based Dentistry newsletter published.
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1999 -The London Evidence-based Dentistry Symposium
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