Partial- or full-mouth examination assessing the dental and prosthetic status among elderly individuals.
The aim of this study was to determine whether half-mouth examinations accurately reflect the dental and prosthetic status of the entire mouth. Samples of 1,830 adults aged 55- 79 years were examined. The rate of agreement between half- and full-mouth examinations was estimated using weighted and unweighted Kappa values comparing findings of each tooth bilaterally. A power analysis was performed to estimate the number of subjects representing complete dental recordings within a certain power. Subjects showed unweighted Kappa values from 0.34-0.96. Weighted Kappa values ranged from 0. 74-0.99. A power analysis for unweighted Kappa scores computed that.findings from 122-335 individuals were necessary to equal the results obtained using complete dental recordings.
Mack
Florian
F
School of Dentistry and Oral Health, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia. f.mack@griffith.edu.au
Mundt
Torsten
T
Ellis
Janice
J
Schwahn
Christian
C
Bernhard
Olaf
O
Proff
Peter
P
Gedrange
Tomasz
T
Kocher
Thomas
T
Biffar
Reiner
R
D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003753:Dental Health Surveys; D017266:Dental Prosthesis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003945:Diagnosis, Oral / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015588:Observer Variation; D011336:Probability; D016388:Tooth Loss / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*