Book Review: Critical Thinking: Understanding and Evaluating Dental Research

good studies on which on the GDP can rely. To these, a rigorous critical appraisal check-list should be applied. In a nutshell, as GDPs, we must bear in mind that the onus is on the academic world to produce evidence-based research that can be applied to the world of primary care, and the key test for us is to judge whether such research improves the quality of life of our patients. I am therefore delighted to see that the FGDP(UK)’s Critical Appraisal Pack is now on the Faculty website.5 VISHAL R AGGARWAL PHD, BDS, MFDS. WALPORT LECTURER IN PRIMARY CARE DENTISTRY