Statistics for Dental Clinicians

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By Michael Glick and Alonso Carrasco-Labra and Olivia Urquhart

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Statistics for Dental Clinicians equips dental practitioners with the ability to understand and apply biostatistical concepts crucial to clinical practice. The book demystifies complex statistical principles and study design methods, helping clinicians interpret scientific literature confidently. Topics include clinical study designs, descriptive and inferential statistics, and the distinction between clinical and statistical significance. With numerous illustrations, charts, and an extensive glossary, it ensures clarity and practical comprehension throughout.
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This book is ideal for dental clinicians and practitioners who want to enhance their understanding of evidence-based dentistry through statistical literacy. It suits those seeking to integrate scientific research into clinical decision-making with confidence.

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Statistics for Dental Clinicians enables clinicians to understand how biostatistics relate and apply to dental clinical practice.

Statistics for Dental Clinicians helps dental practitioners to understand and interpret the scientific literature and apply the concepts to their clinical practice. Written using clear, accessible language, the book breaks down complex statistical and study design principles and demonstrates how statistics can inform clinical practice.

Chapters cover the basic building blocks of statistics, including clinical study designs, descriptive and inferential statistical concepts, and interpretation of study results, including differentiating between clinical and statistical significance. An extensive glossary of statistical terms, as well as graphs, figures, tables, and illustrations are included throughout to improve reader comprehension. Select readings accompany each chapter.

Statistics for Dental Clinicians includes information on:

How to understand and interpret the scientific language used in the biomedical literature and statistical concepts that underlie evidence-based dentistry
What is statistics and why we need it, and how to effectively apply study results to clinical practice
Understanding and interpreting standard deviations, standard errors, p-values, confidence intervals, sample sizes, correlations, survival analyses, probabilistic-based diagnosis, regression modelling, and patient-reported outcome measures
Understanding and interpreting absolute risks, relative risks and odds ratios, as well as randomised controlled trials, cohort studies, case-control studies, cross-sectional studies, meta-analysis, bias and confounding

With comprehensive coverage of a broad topic, written using accessible language and shedding light on the statistical complexity often found in writings related to clinical topics, Statistics for Dental Clinicians is an essential guide for any dental practitioner wishing to improve their understanding of the biomedical literature.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781119810162

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 August 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 173.0mm

Height: 249.0mm

Weight: 476g

Pages: 240

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Alonso Carrasco-Labra Education & Reference Health & Wellness Michael Glick Non-Fiction Olivia Urquhart

About the Author

Michael Glick, DMD, FDS RCSEd, is Professor of Oral Medicine and Executive Director, Center for Integrative Global Oral Health in the School of Dental Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Alonso Carrasco-Labra, DDS, MSc, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Preventive & Restorative Sciences and Director, Cochrane Oral Health Collaborating Center at Penn Dental Medicine, Center for Integrative Global Oral Health in the School of Dental Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Olivia Urquhart, MPH, is an Instructor in the Department of Preventive & Restorative Sciences, Center for Integrative Global Oral Health in the School of Dental Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.