This classroom-tested textbook will assist dental students with their academic research activities and help them to be competitive in today's fast-growing research environment. It is designed as a core text for dental school classes such as Research Methodology and Scientific and Technical Writing, as well as Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) training, but will also be a valuable resource for students and researchers in related fields, such as the medical sciences and biomedical engineering. The authors start the book by explaining key concepts and common approaches in dental research, both in basic science and clinical dentistry. They then familiarize readers with evidence-based research in dentistry and how to write a systematic review, explain the process of designing and presenting a proposal, discuss reporting results both in scientific and clinical research, and cover ethics in research, highlighting the significance of adherence to ethics both in animal as well as human studies. Introduction - Types of Dental Research.- Research Design.- Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Research in Dentistry.- Writing a Research Proposal.- The Scientific and Clinical Research Report.- Reference Management for Researchers.- Ethics in Research.
Fahimeh Tabatabaei, DDS, Ph.D., is a dentist and a postdoctoral fellow at Marquette University School of Dentistry, Milwaukee, WI. She studied in the fields of oral biology and dental biomaterials at Toulouse University in France, and in 2010 was awarded her Ph.D. in Dental Biomaterials by Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Dr. Tabatabaei has published more than 60 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. She was Associate Professor and Head of the Dental Biomaterials Department at the National University of Iran (SBMU), where she supervised two Ph.D. theses and mentored many dental students. She taught courses on research methodology for dental students and residents for years and authored the book Research Methods in Dentistry in Persian (Noordanesh Publisher, 2013).
