Evidence Based Dental Public Health

AAPHD Dental Public Health Curriculum

The three- to four-hour introduces the principles and practices of Evidence-Based Dentistry (EBD) with a focus on dental public health. Students will develop the skills to critically assess the literature, apply research findings to clinical and population-level decision-making, and engage with statistical and epidemiologic concepts central to dental evidence evaluation.

Dental Public Health Competencies Addressed

Competency 4:

Design surveillance systems to measure oral health status and its determinants.

Competency 5:

Communicate on oral and public health issues.

Competency 8:

Critically appraise evidence to address oral health issues for individuals and populations.

Competency 9:

Conduct research to address oral and public health problems.

Competency 10:

Integrate the social determinants of health into dental public health practice.

 

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

  • Define and describe the principles of evidence-based dentistry (EBD)
  • Apply the five steps of the EBD process to clinical and public health scenarios
  • Formulate clinical questions into searchable questions using a PICO format
  • Develop efficient literature search strategies using PubMed and MeSH
  • Understand the hierarchy of evidence and the different types of study designs
  • Critically appraise research studies and study designs in dental literature
  • Interpret basic statistical concepts used in dental research
  • Demonstrate skills in developing and analyzing clinical scenarios using the EBD approach

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