Ongoing scientific and technical developments, on the one hand, and the general public’s growing appetite for information on health matters on the other, are forcing dental practitioners to provide evidence-based support for clinical practices. With the continuing stream of academic literature, it can be a daunting task to locate relevant and reliable information. The practitioner, with the benefit of basic training in the recognition and evaluation of high quality evidence-based literature on dentistry, can acquire such information by means of the internet, which is of value for the practice.