Campus, Guglielmo; Cocco, Fabio; Ottolenghi, Livia; Cagetti, Maria Grazia (2019). Comparison of ICDAS, CAST, Nyvad's Criteria, and WHO-DMFT for Caries Detection in a Sample of Italian Schoolchildren. International journal of environmental research and public health, 16(21) MDPI 10.3390/ijerph16214120
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Caries measurement methods vary considerably in terms of the stages of lesion considered making the comparison problematic among different surveys. In this cross-sectional study, four caries measurement methods, the WHO-DMFT, the International Caries Detection and Assessment System (ICDAS), the Caries Assessment Spectrum and Treatment (CAST), and the Nyvad Criteria were tested in a sample of children. Five-hundred 12-year old children (236 males and 264 females) were examined four times by four calibrated examiners. The calibration process showed that Cohen's Kappa exceeded the criterion of K = 0.75 and K = 0.80 for inter/intra-examiner agreement, respectively. In the survey, the total number of misclassification errors for the four methods amounted to 312 observations (67.94% regarding enamel lesions). The greatest difference among methods was shown by number of sound teeth (p < 0.01): WHO-DMFT n = 9505, 74.14%; ICDAS n = 2628, 20.49%; CAST n = 5053, 39.41%; and Nyvad Criteria n = 4117, 32.11%. At the level of dentinal Distinct/Active Cavity lesions, no statistically significant difference was observed (p = 0.40) between ICDAS (n = 1373, 10.71%), CAST (n = 1371, 0.69%), and Nyvad Criteria (n = 1720, 13.41%). In the severe caries levels, all methods were partially in agreement, while no accordance was found for the initial (enamel) lesions. A common language in caries detection is critical when different studies are compared.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > School of Dental Medicine > Department of Preventive, Restorative and Pediatric Dentistry |
UniBE Contributor: |
Campus, Guglielmo Giuseppe |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
1660-4601 |
Publisher: |
MDPI |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Guglielmo Giuseppe Campus |
Date Deposited: |
04 Dec 2019 08:34 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 15:32 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.3390/ijerph16214120 |
PubMed ID: |
31731559 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
CAST; ICDAS; Nyvad criteria; WHO-DMFT; dental caries |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.135213 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/135213 |
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