Comparing the accuracy of Dutch dentists and dental students in the radiographic diagnosis of dentinal caries

Mileman, P.A.

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“…As far as the radiographic examination was concerned, this showed higher sensitivity values for Group B and higher specificity values for Group A in D 1 . The high specificity values found in D 3 are in agreement with the findings of previous studies.…”

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Influence of professional experience on detection and treatment decision of occlusal caries lesions in primary teeth

Bussaneli

Boldieri

Diniz

et al. 2014

Int J Paed Dentistry

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Influence of professional experience on detection and treatment decision of occlusal caries lesions in primary teeth

Bussaneli

Boldieri

Diniz

et al. 2014

Int J Paed Dentistry

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“…In another study, the effect of experience on the diagnostic accuracy of dental students using bitewing radiographs for the diagnosis of dentinal caries with that of general dental practitioners was evaluated. Although the students were less experienced than the dentists, they had better sensitivity but worse specificity when compared with dentists [39]. The students had a too liberal certainty threshold for diagnosing proximal dentine caries from bitewing radiographs, but for a clinically relevant population, the dental practitioners are thought to out-perform the students in diagnostic performance.…”

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The effects of compression on the image quality of digital panoramic radiographs

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Size reduction through compression is an important issue that needs to be investigated for possible effects on image quality. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the subjective image quality of digital panoramic radiographs which were lossless and lossy compressed for the visualization of various anatomical structures. Fifty-five digital panoramic radiographs in Tagged Image File Format (Tiff) were used in the study. Two types of lossy (Joint Photographic Experts Group (Jpeg)) and one type of lossless (Lempel-Ziv-Welch) compression were applied to the original radiographs. These radiographs were evaluated by two observers separately for the visibility of some anatomical structures with visual grading. Mean quality number for each radiograph was obtained. The differences between the mean quality numbers in each compression and original image mode were evaluated with Friedman test. Pair-wise comparisons revealed that there were statistically significant differences between all groups (p = 0.000) for all comparisons except for Jpeg_1 and Jpeg_2 groups. Kappa statistics was used to evaluate inter- and intra-observer agreements. Intra-observer agreements were ranging from 0.229 to 1.000 and inter-observer agreements were ranging from 0.154 to 1.000. The observers had better inter- and intra-observer agreements in highly compressed Jpeg_1 images. The anatomical structures evaluated in this study had better visibility in Tiff images than Jpeg images except for mandibular canal and mental foramen. While Jpeg compressed images offer high inter- and intra-observer agreements, the visibility of anatomical structures are better in Tiff images except for mandibular canal and mental foramen.

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“…Other studies have evaluated whether education level and experience can affect diagnostic accuracy of caries lesions in radiographs (Lazarchik et al, 1995;Mileman & van den Hout, 2002;Hellen-Halme & Petersson). Hellen-Halme & Petersson reported that experienced dentists diagnosed radiographic proximal caries more accurately than dental hygiene students and dentistry students.…”

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Effect of Clinical Experience on Accuracy and Reliability of Radiographic Caries Detection

Estay

Bersezio

Arias

et al. 2017

Int. J. Odontostomat.

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Odontostomat., 11(3):347-352, 2017. ABSTRACT:The purpose of this study was to investigate the accuracy and interobserver reliability of examiners with different levels of clinical experience, when diagnosing radiographic proximal caries lesions. Bitewing radiographs were selected from a patient attending Operative Dentistry Clinic, Universidad de Chile. Radiographic examination was performed by three different groups: A: third year dentistry students, B: fourth year dentistry students, and C: dentist recently graduated. Thirty-two proximal surfaces were scored as: 0, sound; 1: enamel caries; and 2: dentinal caries. The data were analysed and accuracy and interexaminer reliability were calculated. Accuracy values for enamel caries were: A (0.54), B (0.55) and C (0.58), and dentinal caries were: A (0.55), B (0.61) and C (0.63). Interexaminer reliability denoted marginal agreement for all groups, A (0.249), B (0.213) and C (0.282) for enamel caries and A (0.058), B (0.102), and C (0.344) for dentinal caries. The results of this study indicate that the accuracy and interexaminer reliability of bitewing radiographic examination were influenced by the clinical experience when detecting radiographic proximal caries, however low values of accuracy and interexaminer reliability were noted, reinforcing the necessity of improving education and training in radiographic caries detection.

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Comparing the accuracy of Dutch dentists and dental students in the radiographic diagnosis of dentinal caries

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Influence of professional experience on detection and treatment decision of occlusal caries lesions in primary teeth

Influence of professional experience on detection and treatment decision of occlusal caries lesions in primary teeth

The effects of compression on the image quality of digital panoramic radiographs

Effect of Clinical Experience on Accuracy and Reliability of Radiographic Caries Detection

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