Preliminary investigation into the validity of dentists' decisions to restore occlusal surfaces of permanent teeth
- 31 March 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology
- Vol. 16 (2) , 91-94
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0528.1988.tb01850.x
Abstract
This study investigates the validity of the treatment decisions made by 10 hospital denstists, who examined the fissures of extracted teeth using a visual-only technique. The study shows that 8 of the 10 dentists were more likely to leave carious teeth unrestored than unnecessarily treat sound teeth. The authors suggest that this system of diagnosing occlusal caries is a satisfactory one in terms of its sensitivity and specificity.Keywords
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