The practice of evidence-based medicine means integrating individual clinical expertise with the best available external clinical evidence from systematic research. Recommendations of the Cochrane Center in 1993 are generally credited with the movement in medicine toward evidence based decision making.
Evidence based dentistry is relatively new.
Traditionally, the selection of materials, techniques, and instrumentation have been made empirically. Future decision making will be more scientifically substantiated. This revolutionary movement known as evidence based dentistry will affect all aspects of clinical dentistry in the next decade. Experts and their personal experiences vary widely and they are easily influenced by preferences for certain treatments, biased observations, and the type of patients seen in a dental practice. Professional and Policy Implications J.Am.