Formulating good

Research question
Removable Prosthodontics Department
Participants
•Ahmed Alaa Ahmed
•Mohamed Abdelhamid Mohamed
•Ahmed Tamer
• Sara Mostafa Ismail
• Amira El Amir
• Asmaa Elbarbary
• Sandy ehab
• Abdallah Mohsen
• Dany Samir Gad
 Formulating a research
question
PROBLEM Effect of soft-liner on denture wearers with
Problem :soft liner and denture wearers without soft
liner on candida infection

Suggested list of questions:

( narrowing the question )
• When does candida infection occur?
• What are the causes of candida infection?
• Does the infection related to so soft liner
degradation?
Pick a question

What is the management of candida

infection?
focus Research Question:
What is the role of soft lining dentures compared to
denture without soft lining on candida infection ?
Elements of Research Question:

PICO
• Population : Patient wear denture with soft liner
• Intervention : soft lining material
• Control : patient wear dentures without soft liner
• Outcome : candida Infection
 FINER CRITERIA
FINER criteria

Feasible soft-liners are available material .

 
 
Interesting soft-liners is an options for improving dentures retention for
 
Edentulous group patients
Novel  Semi-Original

 
 

Ethics soft-liners has no proven harm effect on patients

 

Relevant soft-liners have been used for several years and it

 
is undergoing improvements
 
 Suitable study type
RCT ( Random control trial study )
The denture wearers divided randomly into 2 groups dentures with soft liners , denture
without soft liners

Group ( c ) patient wearing dentures without soft liners

Group ( I ) wearing dentures with soft liner
Why RCT is The suitable?
 Why other study types are unsuitable?

Case report/case
Cross section: Cohort study:
series

We are not seeking prevalence, There’s
an intervention not observational
presence of confounders so choosing We are not reporting a
cohort will be a weaker option also in breakthrough or a rare
cohort we divide based on exposure condition or a new
symptoms for a
condition
Thank You