Causes, associations and evaluating evidence; can we trust what we read?


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ABSTRACT As a profession we pride ourselves that our knowledge of oral conditions is derived from valid scientific inquiry. Similarly we like to believe that our treatments or interventions


are based on good quality evidence of effectiveness. Secondary journals such as _Evidence Based Dentistry_ attempt to seek out and review studies that are both informative and relevant to


the day-to-day practice of dentistry. But just how valid is this ‘evidence’? This article aims to briefly highlight a few important considerations when attempting to decide how much trust to


place in any published work. You have full access to this article via your institution. Download PDF ARTICLE PDF AUTHOR INFORMATION AUTHORS AND AFFILIATIONS * Clinical Lecturer and MRC


Special Fellow in Health Services Research, Oral Pathology Unit, Eastman Dental Institute, University College London, London, UK David R Moles * Department of Epidemiology and Population


Health, Senior Clinical Lecturer in Epidemiology, Cancer and Public Health Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK Isabel dos Santos Silva Authors * David R Moles


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Scholar RIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS Reprints and permissions ABOUT THIS ARTICLE CITE THIS ARTICLE Moles, D., dos Santos Silva, I. Causes, associations and evaluating evidence; can we trust what


we read?. _Evid Based Dent_ 2, 75–78 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ebd.6400052 Download citation * Published: 01 December 2000 * Issue Date: 01 December 2000 * DOI:


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