Increasing the Value of Orthodontic Research Through the Use of Dental Patient-Reported Outcomes

Publication date: Available online 19 April 2019Source: Journal of Evidence Based Dental PracticeAuthor(s): Fang HuaAbstractTen years ago, Chalmers and Glasziou pointed out in Lancet that 85% of all biomedical research was being avoidably wasted due to imbalanced research question / outcome selection, as well as poor study design, execution and reporting. According to findings of recent “research on research” studies, a high level of such kind of avoidable waste should also exist in orthodontic research. This warrants efforts to improve each stage of the research production and reporting process.

Source: Journal of Evidence Based Dental Practice - April 20, 2019 Category: Dentistry Source Type: research