A brief history of the Centre for Evidence-Based Dentistry
The Centre has been instrumental in establishing a journal of Evidence-based dentistry, which was initially published as a supplement of the British Dental Journal. In 2000, the journal became a quarterly stand-alone journal and web-based publication achieving Medline recognition in 2004.
The Centre runs courses in Evidence-based dentistry ranging from half-day workshops to 5-day courses both in the UK and abroad. The Centre has also given presentations and taken part in many national and international conferences.
In October 2013 the Centre relocated to the international renowned Dental Health Service Research Unit (DHSRU) at the School of Dentistry, Dundee University.
The Centre for Evidence-based Dentistry (CEBD) was originally established in Oxford in 1995, following a workshop on Evidence-based Dentistry held at Templeton College, Oxford in December 1994. Following discussions with other UK-based, Evidence-based dental groups it helped establish a Virtual Centre for Improving Oral Health (vCIOH) which was launched in 2004. The vCIOH initiated links with the Dental Health Service Research Unit (DHSRU) here in Dundee and this culminated in a decision to move the CEBD to Dundee in 2013.
CEBD was instrumental in establishing the Evidence-based Dentistry Journal, which was initially published as a supplement of the British Dental Journal. The journal became a stand-alone journal in 2000 and achieved Medline recognition in 2004.
With the team at Minervation an evidence-based health care consultancy company the CEBD developed the Dental Elf blog which forms part of the National Elf Service. The Dental Elf blog launched in 2011 and now has over 200 posts with a substantial social media following.
The Centre has been delivering training events ranging from half-day workshops to 5-day courses in evidence-based dentistry both in the UK and abroad since its inception.
Today the Centre sits within the Dental Public Health Team at the School of Dentistry.