Routine dental X-rays are not backed by evidence–experts want it to stop

Re:Routine dental X-rays are not backed by evidence–experts ... by hervature on Monday October 14, 2024 @07:01PM (#41843112)

That's not at all what that "study" says. It is a critique (in poor taste if you ask me) that everything does not require a double-blind study.

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Re:Routine dental X-rays are not backed by evidence–experts ... by mlyle on Monday October 14, 2024 @09:56PM (#41844172)

> It is a critique (in poor taste if you ask me) that everything does not require a double-blind study.

I think the real point is that systemic reviews often will have a pretty tilted set of included studies, because they are influenced by what things researchers choose to study.

Indeed, you probably couldn't publish a study saying that parachutes work; it's not an interesting enough finding for publication. So the only stuff you'll find, in many cases, are studies that buck the prevailing wisdom.

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Re:Routine dental X-rays are not backed by evidence–experts ... by marcosdumay on Tuesday October 15, 2024 @09:41AM (#41848505)

IMO, it's a critique on the "no study shows it exists, therefore it doesn't exist" attitude.

If you manage to do double-blind studies for every single piece of knowledge out there, kudos for you. There's nothing bad in this.

Anyway, it's on topic for several sidelines people are raising. But not on topic for the main article.

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