(Ebook) Orthodontic Evidence: A Q&A Handbook by Samer Mheissen, Haris Khan ISBN 9783031244223, 9783031244216, 3031244222, 3031244214

(Ebook) Orthodontic Evidence: A Q&A Handbook by Samer Mheissen, Haris Khan ISBN 9783031244223, 9783031244216, 3031244222, 3031244214

Orthodontics, like all other domains of human health sciences, has enteredthe era of evidence-based treatment. This approach starts by findingevidence, critically appraising it, and then applying it in the daily practice.The problem, that most of our fellow orthodontists and postgraduatestudents encounter, is that hundreds of research papers are published yearly,many of them addressing the same topic and sometimes with contradictoryfindings. That brings the dilemma of judging the research quality of thesepapers, for which some of us do not have sufficient time, and others lack thenecessary training. So many clinicians buy the author’s conclusion ratherthan judging the quality of the evidence themselves.Keeping these time and training constraints in mind, we have writtenthis handbook to provide evidence-based answers to most asked questionsin orthodontics clinical practice and exams. Our aim was that after readingthis book, clinicians could align their practice on evidence-based treatment,and answer relevant questions to their patients. Also, our extensiveinteraction with students appearing in specialty exams helped us to includemany questions routinely asked during exams, both for seen and unseencases.We used a systematic approach to answer each question to make bothends meet. An electronic search in PubMed and Cochrane library wasundertaken to resource the most recent and relevant evidence to thequestions. We followed the hierarchy of evidence in reporting the evidenceto answer the questions. Then we summarized the available evidence toprovide a concise and focused answer. A brief description of themethodology for each study was given, along with the results in terms of Pvalueand confidence interval. This section was followed by evidenceinterpretation in plain language. Finally, a viewpoint was made to appraisethe evidence critically and provide some comments on the generalizabilityand quality.