Randomized controlled trials: what are they and who needs them?

Dentistry is rapidly entering a new era of evidence‐based practice, and society is demanding prevention and treatment that has been proven to be effective in terms of meaningful health outcomes. Practitioners, individual patients and the public need randomized controlled trials because they provide...

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Published in:	Periodontology 2000 Vol. 59; no. 1; pp. 14 - 31
Main Authors:	Pihlstrom, Bruce L., Curran, Alice E., Voelker, Helen T., Kingman, Albert
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2012
Subjects:	Dental Care - standards Dental Research - classification Dental Research - standards Evidence-Based Dentistry Humans Informed Consent Patient Safety Patient Selection Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic - classification Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic - standards Research Design - standards Treatment Outcome
ISSN:	0906-6713, 1600-0757, 1600-0757
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