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dc.contributor.authorThomas, Nicole
dc.contributor.authorKay, E
dc.contributor.authorWitton, Robert
dc.contributor.authorQuinn, C
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-20T11:56:58Z
dc.date.issued2021-08-25
dc.identifier.issn2056-807X
dc.identifier.issn2056-807X
dc.identifier.other32
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/17856
dc.description.abstract

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:sec> <jats:title>Introduction</jats:title> <jats:p>Digital epidemiology in dental disease screening has a number of advantages which warrant further exploration.</jats:p> </jats:sec><jats:sec> <jats:title>Aim</jats:title> <jats:p>This study aimed to test the examination accuracy of digital images to evaluate child oral health by comparing the new method to a gold standard method. It also investigated the levels of diagnostic accuracy between different examiners, including dental care professionals and a lay examiner, when quantifying dental disease using images.</jats:p> </jats:sec><jats:sec> <jats:title>Methods</jats:title> <jats:p>A calibrated dental examiner inspected forty 5-year-olds. In addition, three sets of digital images were taken per child. These images were assessed by six examiners. Sensitivity and specificity of caries diagnosis and inter-examiner reliability were calculated to compare the caries scores derived from examination of the images to those of the gold standard examinations.</jats:p> </jats:sec><jats:sec> <jats:title>Results</jats:title> <jats:p>The mean values for sensitivity and specificity scores were 48.0% and 99.1%, respectively. The mean value for kappa showed moderate agreement between 0.43 and 0.73 (0.57). Mean values for agreement using intra-class coefficients were excellent (0.78) and good (0.73) for dt and dmft, respectively. No statistical difference in the validity of the caries scores was shown between the different image assessors.</jats:p> </jats:sec><jats:sec> <jats:title>Conclusions</jats:title> <jats:p>These data demonstrate the feasibility of using digital images to screen child oral health and for nondental professionals to be recruited to carry out digital epidemiology for the oral health surveillance of children.</jats:p> </jats:sec>

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dc.format.mediumElectronic
dc.languageen
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer Nature [academic journals on nature.com]
dc.subjectClinical Research
dc.subjectPediatric
dc.subjectInfectious Diseases
dc.subjectHealth Services
dc.subjectPrevention
dc.subjectDental/Oral and Craniofacial Disease
dc.subject4.2 Evaluation of markers and technologies
dc.subjectOral and gastrointestinal
dc.titleComparison of a full arch digital photographic assessment of caries prevalence in 5-year-old children to an established visual assessment method: a cross-sectional study
dc.typejournal-article
dc.typeJournal Article
plymouth.author-urlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34433801
plymouth.issue1
plymouth.volume7
plymouth.publication-statusPublished online
plymouth.journalBDJ Open
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s41405-021-00087-0
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Health
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Health/Peninsula Dental School
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Health/School of Health Professions
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA/UoA03 Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Users by role
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Users by role/Academics
dc.publisher.placeEngland
dcterms.dateAccepted2021-07-24
dc.rights.embargodate2021-9-21
dc.identifier.eissn2056-807X
dc.rights.embargoperiodNot known
rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.1038/s41405-021-00087-0
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rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2021-08-25
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Review


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