Critical thinking is deciding rationally what to or what not to believe it is about recognizing top quality dental literature evaluating study design and strategy and detecting common errors and abuses of statistical data only those who think critically can survive the ever increasing literature and extract the best evidence available for dental practice. One of the largest libraries of free dental books journals and videos critical thinking understanding and evaluating dental research 3rd edition the third edition of this classic textbook has been revised based on developments in biomedical research practices over the past decade to provide readers with the most up to date resource for navigating the ever expanding world of dental literature. Critical thinking understanding and evaluating dental research third edition donald maxwell brunette phd professor emeritus department of oral biological and medical sciences faculty of dentistry university of british columbia vancouver canada with contributions by ben balevi dds msc adjunct professor faculty of medicine university of british columbia. The chapter about searching the dental literature has been updated with the most current resources and search techniques available a new chapter about clinical decision making uses a decision tree analysis with worked out calculations to show how critical thinking skills can be used to select the most appropriate treatment decision in a clinical scenario this is followed by a whole chapter . Critical thinking understanding and evaluating dental research 2nd edition may 31 2019 author donald maxwell brunette description the second edition of this classic textbook should be required reading for undergraduate and graduate students alike it prepares readers for the daunting task of identifying and accessing the information they need in the dental literature reading it from a