March 2010 Monthly E-update
Thursday, March 11, 2010

Each month we will highlight a recent DPBRN publication, recent study results, or other important DPBRN information. Please click here to view the pdf version. If you would like to be added to the mailing list, please contact our Director of Communications.

DPBRN Executive Committee Member writes an article on DPBRN and Evidence-Based Dentistry
Thursday, March 11, 2010

Dr. Pat Foy, a full-time private practitioner in Minneapolis, MN, DPBRN practitioner-investigator, and member of the DPBRN Executive Committee, wrote an article for Dental IQ entitled "Evidence-based dentistry: are we there yet?" In it, he discusses his perspective as a member of DPBRN and its role in evidence-based dentistry. Click here to view the article.

Feature Article in Northwest Dentistry: “Doctor, Why Does My Tooth Still Hurt?”
Thursday, March 11, 2010

Members of DPBRN wrote a feature article for the January/February 2010 issue of Northwest Dentistry, the journal of the Minnesota Dental Association. In it, they discuss the common problem of post-operative sensitivity after root canal treatment and a new DPBRN study that is geared towards investigating this problem. Click here to view the article.

DPBRN study “Blood sugar testing in dental practice” underway in Sweden
Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Dr. Cecilia Blom, a Swedish Public Dental Health Service dentist in Åkersberg, Sweden is one of the practitioner-investigators participating in the DPBRN study “Blood sugar testing in dental practice”. The photo below was taken just after a successful training session in Åkersberg, Sweden and include (from left to right): Dr. Blom, Pia Nørrisgaard (Regional Coordinator for Scandinavia), Dr. Vibeke Qvist (Principal Investigator for Scandinavia), and Dr. Liselotte (Lotta) Persson (Scandinavian Executive Committee Member).

February 2010 Monthly E-update
Wednesday, February 03, 2010

Each month we will highlight a recent DPBRN publication, recent study results, or other important DPBRN information. Please click here to view the pdf version. If you would like to be added to the mailing list, please contact our Director of Communications.

DPBRN Article in Today’s FDA (Florida Dental Association)
Monday, February 01, 2010

The January/February 2010 issue of Today’s FDA (Florida Dental Association) featured an article on the current and future studies in DPBRN. The article discusses the status of “Prevalence of questionable occlusal carious lesions”, “Blood sugar testing in the dental practice”, and “Primary management of TMJD pain”. Please click here to read the article.

DPBRN Collaborative Group contributes a chapter on Dental Practice-Based Research Networks to Clinical Research in Oral Health book
Friday, January 29, 2010

Dr. Gregg Gilbert (DPBRN Network Chair), Ms. Andrea Mathews (DPBRN Program Manager), Dr. Dan Pihlstrom (DPBRN Executive Committee member), Dr. Brad Rindal (Principal Investigator of the Minnesota region) and Dr. Dale Williams (Principal Investigator of the DPBRN Coordinating Center) all contributed sections to a chapter entitled “Dental Practice-Based Research Networks” in Clinical Research in Oral Health. In it, they describe practice-based research in large group dental practices, data acquisition and analysis, study deployment, participant protection, and scientific peer review in dental PBRNs. To find out more information on the book, please click here to visit the publisher's website.

DPBRN Winter 2010 Newsletter
Wednesday, January 13, 2010

The DPBRN Winter 2010 Newsletter is now available. Please click here to view the pdf version. If you would like to be added to the mailing list to receive the electronic version, please contact our Director of Communications.

January 2010 Monthly E-Update
Monday, January 04, 2010

Each month we will highlight a recent DPBRN publication, recent study results, or other important DPBRN information. Please click here to view the pdf version. If you would like to be added to the mailing list, please contact our Director of Communications.

Dental PBRN publication cited as “notable publication for the year” by the American Medical Informatics Association
Friday, January 01, 2010

As part of its annual “Year in Review”, the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) selected a recent Dental PBRN publication as one of its “high impact publications in clinical informatics”. The AMIA is the professional home for biomedical and health informatics and comprises an interdisciplinary and diverse group of individuals and organizations from more than 65 countries. Click here to visit the AMIA website. The article cited was: Houston TK, Richman JS, Ray MN, Allison JJ, Gilbert GH, Shewchuk RM, Kohler CL, Kiefe CI, for the DPBRN Collaborative Group. Internet-delivered support for tobacco control in dental practice: randomized controlled trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research 2008; 10(5): e38.

This internet-delivered intervention encouraged and provided tools to discuss tobacco use with dental patients. This randomized clinical trial was successful. During the study period, there was a greater increase in tobacco cessation advice in intervention practices, compared with control. This article was detailed at the DPBRN web site as the news item entitled “The latest results from DPBRN’s first clinical trial are now publicly available”. Click here to go to this news items page. Details about the “AMIA Informatics 2009 Year in Review” are available by clicking here.

Congratulations to all the investigators associated with the “Dental Tobacco Control Trial”!