アブストラクト（34巻1号：The Bulletin of Kanagawa Dental College）

The Bulletin of Kanagawa Dental College

English

Title　： Formulating Clinical Questions
Subtitle　： BKDC CLINICAL AND RESEARCH TOPICS : Evidence-based Medicine and Dentistry
Authors　： Rina Nango
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Organization　： Oral Health Promotion, Graduate school, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Journal　： The Bulletin of Kanagawa Dental College
Volume　： 34
Number　： 1
Page　： 23-26
Year/Month　： 2006 / 3
Article　： Report
Publisher　： Kanagawa Odontological Society
Abstract　： [Points] 1. To ask well-crafted clinical questions is the first and key step of EBM. 2. Clinical questions are divided into two types: background questions and foreground questions. 3. PICO (Patient Intervention Comparison Outcome) is a useful format to describe clinical questions. 4. The patient's true outcomes should be included in PICO. 5. PICO also can suggest search strategies. [Clinical Scenario] You are a dentist working at a private dental clinic. One day, a 12-year-old girl is brought to your clinic for a visit by her mother. She had been diagnosed with dental caries and gingivitis at her school dental examination. Table 1 shows her oral status. Her caries risk seems to be higher than the average 12-year-old girl. After finishing her first treatment, you go to the waiting room with her. Her mother looks up from a magazine and asks you, "This magazine says that chewing gum is a good way to protect against cavities. Should my daughter chew gum?" How would you answer her question? Can you answer immediately, "Yes, chewing gum is a good way to protect against cavities?" If so, what is the basis for your answer? Some of you may still be wondering if chewing gum really works for protection. In this way, various questions arise daily in clinical practice. We, as dental practitioners, need to seek answers and make clinical decisions. This chapter explains how to formulate these clinical questions.
Practice　： Dentistry
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