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| Author(s): |
da Silva, Renato Pereira
[1]
;
Assaf, Andrea Videira
[2]
;
Pereira, Stela Marcia
[3]
;
Mialhe, Fabio Luiz
[1]
;
Bovi Ambrosano, Glaucia Maria
[1]
;
Meneghim, Marcelo de Castro
[1]
;
Pereira, Antonio Carlos
[1]
Total Authors: 7
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| Affiliation: | [1] Univ Campinas UNICAMP, Dept Community Dent, Piracicaba Dent Sch, BR-13414903 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[2] Fluminense Fed Univ UFF, Dept Community Serv, Rio De Janeiro - Brazil
[3] Univ Ctr Lavras, Lavras, MG - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 3
|
| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | AMERICAN JOURNAL OF DENTISTRY; v. 24, n. 6, p. 363-366, DEC 2011. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 2 |
| Abstract | |
Purpose: To evaluate the validity of the visual exam and adjunct diagnostic technologies for posterior permanent teeth under epidemiological conditions. Methods: A probabilistic sample of 165 12-year-old schoolchildren from Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil, was examined by visual exam (VI1), visual exam + artificial lighting (VI2), bitewing (BW), fiber optic transillumination (FOTI), DIAGNOdent and the associations among them. The D1+D3 and D3 diagnostics criteria, under epidemiological conditions, were adopted. The sensitivity, specificity and accuracy were calculated to determine the validity of the exams. Results: The most accurate diagnostic method was VI2+BW exam for all dental surfaces under both diagnostic criteria. It was concluded that the BW was the best adjunct diagnostic technology on epidemiological dental caries surveys, increasing the validity of the dental exams. (Am J Dent 2011;24:363-366). (AU) | |