This has allowed us to identify good practice, useful statistical methods, methodological challenges (Table 2), and some limitations in current reporting and methodology to be addressed (Table 3).
High bandwidth, satellite links are sometimes proposed for international telemedicine, but in practice useful telemedicine can be performed using low bandwidth, store-and-forward techniques, such as email and web-messaging (2, 3).
Functional imaging has become an integral part of oncological practice, useful during the diagnostic phase, and for staging and treatment evaluation.
In dealing with the upper arch in both groups, almost all the clinicians agree in avoiding third molar extraction; only 10.3% of orthodontists and 15.9% of oral surgeons consider this practice useful to prevent upper incisor crowding.
Obama criticized them during the Bush administration, but has found the practice useful on a handful of occasions.
Despite all the limitations described previously for the various candidate criteria with so few data points (five, as generally available in practice), useful information could be gained analyzing our data.
