title: Inter- and intra-operator reliability of the recording of occlusal contacts using 'occlusal sketch' acetate technique.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To develop a simple way of recording occlusal contacts with proven inter- and intra-operator reliability.
  
  
  METHODS
  Clinical skills laboratory in the University Dental Hospital of Manchester.
  
  
  METHODS
  The marked static occlusal contacts of 20 sets of models were recorded in a pseudo-clinical situation, by three dentists and in addition by one dentist on two occasions using a schematic representation of the dental arch - the 'occlusal sketch'.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The median of Kappa agreement for inter- and intra-operator reliability was almost perfect.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The occlusal sketch is a simple, inexpensive and easy way of recording the results of an occlusal examination using marking papers.
authors.affiliation: Dental Practice, University Dental Hospital of Manchester. stephen.j.davies@man.ac.uk
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: R J M
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.forename: M Z
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Al-Ani
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sloan
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Worthington
mesh_terms: D000085:Acetates; D006801:Humans; D007574:Jaw Relation Record / Q000379:methods*; D003765:Models, Dental; D015588:Observer Variation; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
chemical_list: D000085:Acetates