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Evidence-Based Traditional Persian Medicine

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Clinical decision-making is referred to as a social process in which the dentist, the patient, and the other bodies like the insurer each has a role to play. The practice of traditional medicine is deeply rooted in the cultural heritage and constitutes an integral part of the culture of the people of any country. Different forms of traditional medicines have been used as an essential means of treatment of diseases and management of various health problems. This chapter introduces the medical tradition of Persia from the viewpoint of evidence-based health care in general and its implication to dentistry in particular.

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Acknowledgments

We gratefully acknowledge all scientists who openly share their data in public repositories and publish their research findings in the open access literature. MD would like to express her sincere thanks to Mona Dousti for her advice and support from the early stage of the preparation of this manuscript, and Edmond J. Samadi and Scott Roberston for their assistance.

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  1. Division of Oral Biology and Medicine, UCLA School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Mahsa Dousti, Manisha Harish Ramchandani, Andre Barkhordarian, Sohrab Danaei & Francesco Chiappelli

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Dousti, M., Ramchandani, M.H., Barkhordarian, A., Danaei, S., Chiappelli, F. (2012). Evidence-Based Traditional Persian Medicine. In: Rastogi, S. (eds) Evidence-Based Practice in Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24565-7_5

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