BDent1 - Finding the Best Evidence

This morning saw the beginning of the annual 1st year Dentistry "Finding the Best Evidence" evidence-based dentistry literature searching tutorials. As a result of this tutorial students will know how to:

• Formulate a searchable question using PICO
• Find a systematic review in Ovid's Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews & Medline
• Retrieve primary studies using the Ovid Medline Clinical Queries Filters

You can view the embedded presentation below or download it in PDF Format.

New Publications by University of Sydney Faculty of Dentistry Staff and Students

The following papers have been added to PubMed in the last 30 days:

Bhutada, MK, Phanachet, I, Whittle, T, Peck, CC & Murray, GM 2007, 'Activity of superior head of human lateral pterygoid increases with increases in contralateral and protrusive jaw displacement', European Journal of Oral Sciences, vol. 115, no. 4, pp. 257-64.

Bryant, RW & Mahler, DB 2007, 'Volumetric contraction in some tooth-coloured restorative materials', Australian Dental Journal, vol. 52, no. 2, pp. 112-7.

Curtis, B, Evans, RW, Sbaraini, A & Schwarz, E 2007, 'Recruitment and standardization of a group of Australian dentists for a multipractice study on dental caries prevention', Australian Dental Journal, vol. 52, no. 2, pp. 106-11.

Huang, TT, Jones, AS, He, LH, Darendeliler, MA & Swain, MV 2007, 'Characterisation of enamel white spot lesions using X-ray micro-tomography', Journal of Dentistry, vol. 35, no. 9, pp. 737-43.

Rohanizadeh, R, Swain, MV & Mason, RS 2007, 'Gelatin sponges (Gelfoam( (R) )) as a scaffold for osteoblasts', Journal of Materials Science. Materials in Medicine [Epub ahead of print]