Dental PBRN Japan is a research network based on dental practice with
a central focus on dental practitioners in Japan.

We conduct clinical researches aimed at solving questions that are
common to dental care providers. The results will be directly utilized in
daily dental practice for the benefit of the patients.
We send out evidence from dental clinics in Japan to the entire world.

When I started practicing as a dentist, I often found it hard to find
answers to the clinical questions that I had because of the lack of clinical
evidence.There were several instances in which I could not find
appropriate answers to questions.

Under these circumstances, I reached a conclusion that it would be best
for dental care professionals to be involved in research to answer clinical
questions. However, I felt that in Japan, we currently did not have an
environment that encouraged clinical research by dental care
professionals. Then, I found out that Dental Practice-Based Research
Network (DPBRN) had been established in the United States and in
Europe.

I desperately hoped for such a network to be established in Japan, and
it was very fortunate that Takeda Science Foundation offered financial
assistance in this regard. I was finally able to establish Dental PBRN
Japan.

I would like to inform all dental care professionals how wonderful and
interesting it is to conduct research while continuing practice through
participation in Dental PBRN Japan. The questions you may encounter in
routine practice would be the subject of “clinical research,” and the
findings would serve as evidence (scientific basis).

The result of your research may have the power to transform
healthcare systems and policies. Clinical “questions” and “subjects of
research” can be identified only by you, the ones who are in clinical
practice. Thus, numerous topics of immediate research interest can be
found in routine practice. There may be many minor issues that you face
in routine practice, and these may not have been previously studied.

However, these issues could be very important. Please join Dental PBRN
Japan and provide the world answers to clinical questions while
providing dental care.



Director of Dental PBRN Japan
Naoki Kakudate D.D.S, Ph. D, M.P.H.
(Associate Professor, Kyushu Dental University)