Statistical significance and clinical relevance in dentistry

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Dentists face very important clinical decisions in their daily dental practice, which is why they permanently require scientific support to support them, clearly for the benefit of patients. However, sometimes, in the scientific literature, results with statistically significant differences are foun...

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Autor: Arriola-Guillén, Luis Ernesto
Formato: artículo
Fecha de Publicación:2022
Institución:Universidad Científica del Sur
Repositorio:Revistas - Universidad Científica del Sur
Lenguaje:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.cientifica.edu.pe:article/1237
Enlace del recurso:https://revistas.cientifica.edu.pe/index.php/odontologica/article/view/1237
Nivel de acceso:acceso abierto
Materia:estadistica
odontologia
investigacion
statistics
dentistry
research
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Sumario:Dentists face very important clinical decisions in their daily dental practice, which is why they permanently require scientific support to support them, clearly for the benefit of patients. However, sometimes, in the scientific literature, results with statistically significant differences are found, which causes clinicians to have to opt for a particular treatment alternative; but it turns out that it could be a significant difference that is not clinically relevant, and this raises the question of what decision to make.
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