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Dental practitioners are generally supportive of the principles of evidence-based practice, but many do find working in this way time-consuming. This paper introduces the concept of the critically appraised topic or CAT, a simply-applied technique found to be of value on general medical wards and in clinics, that could also be of value to the busy dental practitioner.
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Sequeira, P. Critically appraised topics (CATs): bringing evidence to the chairside (1). Evid Based Dent 2, 107–109 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ebd.6400075
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