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Comparison of intra‐examiner reproducibility in scoring caries in primary teeth of two scoring systems used to monitor caries progression
Author(s) -
Solanki Geetesh C.,
Sheiham Aubrey
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
community dentistry and oral epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.061
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1600-0528
pISSN - 0301-5661
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1992.tb00677.x
Subject(s) - medicine , reproducibility , dentistry , scoring system , enamel paint , orthodontics , surgery , statistics , mathematics
The investigation was designed to compare the reproducibility of scoring systems proposed by P itts (1), and M urray & M ajid (2), when used to monitor caries progression in primary teeth. A sub‐sample of the posterior bitewing radiographs of 301, 5‐yr‐old children from a Duraphat clinical trial were re‐examined. The difference in the reproducibility of the two methods was not significant (P<0.05). The concern regarding the effect on reproducibility of using scoring systems with subdivisions of enamel when measuring caries progression in primary teeth appears to be unfounded.