1. Finding Evidence-Based Answers to Clinical Questions – Quickly and Effectively
I NEED: Example: Resources to consider:
An overview of a disease, What are the types of dental Textbooks (print or online)
condition, or procedure restorations?
(background) MD Consult
I have a new patient with sickle cell
anemia; I need an overview of this STAT!Ref
condition.
Dynamed
AccessMedicine
Drug information What is the preferred dosage of Facts & Comparisons
Lidocaine for dental anesthesia?
Micromedex
Dynamed
A synthesis of best practice What are the current
recommendations for disease recommendations for the use of pit Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
management and fissure sealants?
PubMed: Clinical Queries – Systematic
Reviews
In a patient who’s recently had
surgery to remove their lower National Guideline Clearinghouse
wisdom teeth, is ibuprofen more
effective than paracetamol for pain ADA Clinical Recommendations
relief after the procedure?
An answer to a narrow question In a patient undergoing periodontal
not addressed in the synthesis treatment, is virtual reality an PubMed: Clinical Queries – Clinical Study
Category
resources effective method of pain
management?
Dentistry and Oral Sciences Source
Information to share with My patient is concerned about MedlinePlus
patients mercury toxicity in amalgam
ADA Oral Health Topics
restorations. Where can I send
her?
Revised from: “Finding Evidence-Based Answers to Clinical Questions – Quickly and Effectively”, Dartmouth Biomedical
Libraries, March 29, 2006