#7 Preliminary Questionnaire Survey for making Clinical Practice Guidelines applying for the Magnetic Attachments - Analysis and Selection of the Clinical Questions(CQ) -
M.Hideshima, Y.Igarashi, T.Ichikawa, J.Tanaka, T.Kochi, T.Ishigami, T.Andoh*, A.Nishiyama**
Council for the Dental Care of the Japanese Society of Magnetic Applications in Dentistry, Section of Removable Prosthodontics*, Tempromandibular Joint and Occlusion**, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
In the era of evidence-based medicine, clinical practice guidelines (CPG) have become an integral task of each academic society, and council for the dental care of this society also performed a preliminary survey preparing for CPG for the magnetic attachments. 　 Generally the formulation of CPG consists of clinical questions (CQ) and corresponding answers which were synthetically recommended by evidences from the concerning articles, doctors’ skill and patients conditions. Therefore the committee sent preliminary questionnaires for CQ by E-mail to the present and former council members of this society. The form of CQ was provided with the word Patient, Intervention, Comparison and Outcome with some sample questions.   As a result, above 70 answers and more than 100 CQ were returned. We classified every CQ into 5 categories according to their application. The ratio of the numbers of each category was 14%; implants, 39%; type of defect, 9%; occlusion, 21%; arrangement and configuration, 18%; management or others respectively.   The committee is planning to increase surveyed clinicians and select exact and typical CQ for CPG according to the GRADE group system.