The Effect of Diagnostic Criteria on the Sensitivity of Dental Epidemiological Data

摘要: The relative efficiencies of two diagnostic systems were compared. first is based on a visual-tactile examination while the second completely visual assessment. Each was used by different examiner to record dental condition 99 female adolescents taking part in 3-year clinical trial caries prophylactic agent. Caries diagnosed at three levels both systems, allowing data be reported DMFS score levels. Both prevalence and incremental are results study suggest that system chosen has an important effect precision trials agents.