SP-40 - A Practical Approach to Evidence-Based Endodontics

Accepted Speaker(s)

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  Amir Azarpazhooh, D.D.S., Ph.D., M.Sc.

  Associate Professor, Endodontics and Dental Public health, faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto
  University of Toronto

  Nothing to disclose

Session Host(s)

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  Lisiane Susin, D.D.S.

  Assistant Director Endodontics
  Georgia Regents University

Dentists spend most of their time administering treatments to their patients. Many of the clinical questions that arise in clinical practice have to do with the effectiveness of treatments or interventions. This presentation will explain how to use a research report to inform clinical decisions pertaining to questions of therapy. It will introduce and describe the basic concepts for understanding randomized controlled trials, and how to critically appraise the validity, reliability and applicability of such studies.

Learning Objectives:

• To describe the basic structure of randomized controlled trials from the information reported by authors.
• To identify potential sources of bias in randomized controlled trials.
• To describe the concept of validity in randomized controlled trials.