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JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH DENTISTRY
卷 82, 期 2, 页码 166-175出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/jphd.12443
关键词
intraoral photography; early diagnosis; oral diagnosis; dental caries; telemedicine
资金
- Financial Markets Foundation for Children [2018-065]
The study compared the use of intraoral photographs with unaided visual dental examination for dental caries detection in children. The photographic method showed similar diagnostic performance to visual dental assessments, with high sensitivity for detection of dental caries, especially in younger children with primary dentition.
Objectives This study was conducted to compare the use of intraoral photographs with the unaided visual dental examination as a means of dental caries detection in children. Methods Children aged 4- to 14-year-olds were visually examined at their schools. Following dental examinations, children had five photographs of their teeth taken using a smartphone camera. Four dental reviewers, who are different from those who visually examined the children, assessed intraoral photographs for dental caries. Sensitivity, specificity, and inter-rater reliability agreement were estimated to assess the diagnostic performance of the photographic method relative to the benchmark visual dental assessments. Caries prevalence was measured using dft/DFT (decayed and filled teeth) index. Results One hundred thirty-eight children (67 male and 71 female) were enrolled and had a mean age of 7.8 +/- 2.1 years. The caries prevalence (dft/DFT > 0) using photographic dental assessments ranged from 30 percent to 39 percent but was not significantly different from the prevalence (42 percent) estimated with the visual dental examination (P >= 0.07). The sensitivity and specificity of the photographic method for detection of dental caries compared to visual dental assessments were 58-80 percent and 99.7-99.9 percent, respectively. The sensitivity for the photographic assessments was high in the primary dentition (63-82 percent) and children <= 7-year-olds (67-78 percent). The inter-rater reliability for the photographic assessment versus the benchmark ranged from substantial to almost perfect agreement (Kappa = 0.72-0.87). Conclusions The photographic approach to dental screening, used within the framework of its limitations, yielded an acceptable diagnostic level of caries detection, particularly in younger children with primary dentition.
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