DENTAL PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOMES UPDATE 2023.

Area of Science:

• Dentistry
• Health Informatics
• Evidence-Based Practice

Background:

• Disruptive innovations are driving dentistry towards personalized, data-oriented, and patient-centered care.
• There is a need to enhance the quality and quantity of patient-centered evidence in dentistry.
• The Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice presents a special issue focused on dental patient-reported outcomes (dPROs).

Purpose of the Study:

• To improve the quality and quantity of patient-centered evidence in dentistry.
• To promote the standardized use of dental patient-reported outcomes (dPROs) and dental patient-reported outcome measures (dPROMs).
• To provide a concise summary of key PRO and dPRO articles published in 2023.

Main Methods:

• Review of selected PRO and dPRO articles published in 2023.
• Collection and introduction of 7 solicited articles for a special issue.
• Thematic organization of the special issue into four main domains.

Main Results:

• The special issue covers dPROs and digital dentistry.
• Methodological standardization of dPROs is a key focus.
• Current usage and relevance of dPROs/dPROMs in published research are examined.

Conclusions:

• Dental patient-reported outcomes (dPROs) are integral to the future of personalized dentistry.
• Standardization and broader adoption of dPROMs are crucial for advancing evidence-based dental research.
• The special issue provides valuable insights into the current landscape and future directions of dPROs in dentistry.