Evidence-based dentistry and translational research

Rationale for Clinical Decision Making Evidence-based dentistry is an emerging approach to the practice of oral biology and medicine that seeks to integrate the best available research evidence into clinical practice for the maximum benefit of each individual patient. It is a new philosophy, some say, a novel mindset, an innovative system that establishes a bridge between the domains of clinical evidence and of research evidence. It favors the preventive model of intervention aimed at ensuring wellness and quality of life in our patients over the traditional style of “drill, fill, and repair.”J Evid Base Dent Pract 2003;3:5-7