A new approach for interexaminer reliability data analysis on dental caries calibration

• Main Authors: Andréa Videira Assaf (Author), Elaine Pereira da Silva Tagliaferro (Author), Marcelo de Castro Meneghim (Author), Cristiana Tengan (Author), Antonio Carlos Pereira (Author), Gláucia Maria Bovi Ambrosano (Author), Fábio Luiz Mialhe (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: University of São Paulo, 2007-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Objectives: a) to evaluate the interexaminer reliability in caries detection considering different diagnostic thresholds and b) to indicate, by using Kappa statistics, the best way of measuring interexaminer agreement during the calibration process in dental caries surveys. Methods: Eleven dentists...