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Qualitative research has made a limited impact upon the dental literature. A review of the 18 216 articles published over 5 years (1996–2000) in the 37 journals listed in the Science Citation Index for Dentistry, Oral Surgery and Medicine revealed that only 15 (<0.1%) articles adopted qualitative methods. The contribution of qualitative methods to the evidence base of dentistry to date therefore has been small. In this paper, I explore the relationship between evidence-based dentistry and qualitative methodology. I propose that qualitative methods provide a useful technique for exploring the diffusion of evidence into clinical practice: they should be added to the toolbox of approaches to evidence-based dentistry.
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Newton, T. Qualitative research and evidence-based dentistry: linking evidence to practice. Evid Based Dent 2, 104–105 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ebd.6400074
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