Objectives: State and national tobacco quitlines have expanded rapidly and offer a range of
services. We examined the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of offering callers single …

Background The authors aimed to determine whether dentists in practices belonging to The
Dental Practice-Based Research Network (DPBRN) were more likely to repair or to replace …

Objective Following a successful 2005–2012 phase with three regional practice-based research
networks (PBRNs), a single, unified national network called “The National Dental PBRN…

Objectives To:(1) quantify at which proximal caries lesion depths dentists in regular clinical
practice intervene restoratively, based on hypothetical scenarios that present radiographic …

Clinical Relevance Dentists who did not assess caries risk as a routine part of the treatment
planning process were more likely to choose a surgical intervention and less likely to …

Background Important, but insufficient, gains have been achieved in access to and delivery
of oral health care since the 2000 US surgeon general’s report on oral health in America. …

Background The growing availability of electronic data offers practitioners increased opportunities
for reusing clinical data for research and quality improvement. However, relatively little …

Background A prospective cohort study that included dentists in The National Dental
Practice-Based Research Network was conducted to quantify 12-month failures of restorations that …

Objectives The authors report on a study aimed at quantifying the carious lesion depths at
which dentists intervene surgically for cases of varying caries penetration and caries risk. They …

Objectives The aim of this study was to quantify the agreement among individual National
Dental Practice-Based Research Network dentists’ self-reported treatment decisions for …