10.6084/m9.figshare.5492620.v1
ElSalhy M.
ElSalhy
M.
Alsumait A.
Alsumait
A.
Lai H.
Lai
H.
Almerich-Silla J.M.
Almerich-Silla
J.M.
Piovesan C.
Piovesan
C.
Flores-Mir C.
Flores-Mir
C.
Amin M.
Amin
M.
Supplementary Material for: Identifying a Potential Summary Measure for Overall Caries Level in Children Examined with the International Caries Detection and Assessment System
Karger Publishers
2017
Caries
Children
Clinical
International Caries Detection and Assessment System
2017-10-12 11:54:19
Dataset
https://karger.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Supplementary_Material_for_Identifying_a_Potential_Summary_Measure_for_Overall_Caries_Level_in_Children_Examined_with_the_International_Caries_Detection_and_Assessment_System/5492620
<p><b><i>Objective:</i></b> To identify a potential summative summary
measure that reflects a patient's overall caries level in children
examined with the International Caries Detection and Assessment System
(ICDAS). <b><i>Subjects and Methods:</i></b> Participants were 1- to
15-year-old children from Kuwait, Brazil, and Spain. Children's teeth
were examined using the ICDAS. Multiple measures of central tendency and
dentition-specific indices were considered as potential summative
measures. The relationship between the summative measures and number of
caries lesions was evaluated considering degrees of caries severity
using Spearman's correlation analysis. The results were generated using
the Kuwaiti sample and were cross-validated using the Brazilian and
Spanish samples. <b><i>Results:</i></b> A total of 2,808 children
participated in the present study. Total ICDAS score and mean ICDAS
score showed a strong correlation with the number of caries lesions at
different caries severity levels in primary, mixed, and permanent
dentitions. The total ICDAS score of 51 buccal (B), 61B, 54 occlusal
(O), 55O, 64O, 65O, 74O, 75O, 84O, and 85O surfaces in primary dentition
and the total ICDAS score of 14O, 16 lingual (L), 16O, 24O, 26L, 26O,
36B, 36O, 37O, 46O, 46B, and 47O surfaces in permanent dentition or
mixed dentition (if present) showed strong correlations with the number
of caries lesions at different caries severity levels. <b><i>Conclusions:</i></b>
Total ICDAS and mean ICDAS scores were the best summary measures of
overall caries level at different dental stages. Total ICDAS scores of
selectively examined 10 surfaces in primary dentition and 12 surfaces in
permanent dentition can give an excellent summary measure for a
patient's overall caries level with high diagnostic accuracy.</p>