EVIDENCE BASED ORTHODONTICS

The emergence of the evidence-based approach resulted in rapid changes in the health-care system and in the education of students and residents in the health-care professions. Clinicians interested in evidence-based medicine consider Archie Cochrane, Alvan Feinstein, and David Sackett as the ¿fathers¿ of a new and currently flourishing movement of evidence-based medicine. In orthodontics, clinical experience suggests that some conditions are best treated early for biological, social, or practical reasons, whereas others should be deferred.