Dental PBRN Japan is a practice-based research network focused on dental practitioners in Japan.
We conduct clinical research aimed at solving questions common to dental practitioners. The results are directly implemented in daily dental practice for the benefit of patients.
We develop evidence from dental clinics in Japan and disseminate it throughout the world.
When I first started practicing dentistry, obtaining answers to clinical questions was often difficult due to a lack of clinical evidence. On many occasions, appropriate answers to important questions were not available.
Under these circumstances, we concluded that it would be best for dental practitioners to become involved in research and answer clinical questions themselves. At the same time, we felt that the dental practice environment in Japan did not encourage clinical research by dental practitioners.Then we learned about the Dental Practice-Based Research Networks (Dental PBRNs) that had been established in the United States and Europe.
We desperately hoped that such a network would be established in Japan, and it was very fortunate that the Takeda Science Foundation offered financial support. We were finally able to establish the Dental PBRN Japan (JDPBRN) in 2010.
Since 2011, JDPBRN has been conducting international collaborative research with the National Dental PBRN of the United States, the largest dental PBRN in the world. Furthermore, since 2020, JDPBRN has been conducting multilateral international practice-based collaborative research with the United States, Brazil, and Japan.
Participation in Dental PBRN Japan offers dental practitioners great professional enjoyment and satisfaction by conducting research while continuing to practice.
The questions you encounter in daily practice can become the subject of research, and the results will serve as applicable scientific evidence.
The results of practice-based research can have the power to change health care systems and policies. Clinical questions and research topics can only be identified by you, the dental practitioners. Therefore, many topics of immediate research interest can be found in routine practice. If you are like most dental practitioners, you encounter numerous questions in routine clinical practice. Many of these will not have been previously studied, but are of great clinical importance.
You have the opportunity to join Dental PBRN Japan and provide the world with answers to clinical questions while continuing to provide dental care.
Director of Dental PBRN Japan
Naoki Kakudate D.D.S, Ph. D, M.P.H.
(Professor, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Kyushu Dental University)
