Brad Rindal

Senior research investigator
dental
HealthPartners Research Foundation
United States of America

Scientist Dentistry
Biography

 Brad Rindal is a Regional Director, Midwest Region of the National Dental Practice-Based Research Network, funded through the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research and administered through the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The network involves community dentists in research, addressing topics relevant to their patients and the problems they see.

Research Intrest

Improve the implementation of current evidence into daily practice, clinical decision support and practice-based research. We also use our integrated databases to examine research questions that look at the relationship of oral health and other diseases.

List of Publications
Twenty-month follow-up of occlusal caries lesions deemed questionable at baseline: findings from the National Dental Practice-Based Research Network.
Practice change toward better adherence to evidence-based treatment of early dental decay in the National Dental PBRN.
Provision of specific dental procedures by general dentists in the National Dental Practice-Based Research Network: questionnaire findings.
Methods dentists use to diagnose primary caries lesions prior to restorative treatment: Findings from The Dental PBRN.
Persistence of smoking-cessation decision support use in a dental practice.
Improve Your Practice and Engage Your Patients: Participate in the NDPBRN.
Concordance between responses to questionnaire scenarios and actual treatment to repair or replace dental restorations in the National Dental PBRN
Repair or replacement of restorations: A prospective cohort study by dentists in The National Dental Practice-Based Research Network.
Evidence Supports No Relationship between Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Premolar Extraction: An Electronic Health Records Review