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DENH 625 Evidence-Based Decision Making in Dentistry

This course provides the advanced dental therapy practitioner with tools to critically identify and evaluate quality research needed inform evidence-based practice decisions. Topics addressed include research methods, research question development, ethics, and epidemiology. Emphasis is placed on incorporating research and evidence-based data into diagnostic decisions, patient care, and patient education.

Special information

Prerequisite: Admission to the Master of Science: Advanced Dental Therapy program.
3 Graduate credits

Effective May 3, 2023 to present

Learning outcomes

General

  • Define evidence-based decision making and its purpose in dentistry
  • Explain legal and ethical concepts in research
  • Critically evaluate research designs and methods for strengths and limitations
  • Evaluate epidemiological concepts and data for clinical dental practice
  • Apply evidence-based decision making to a dental therapy clinical care problem

Summer 2026

Section Title Instructor books eservices
50 Evidence-Based Decision Making in Dentistry Branca, Elizabeth T.