Efficacy Of A Dip Slide Test For Mutans Streptococci In Caries Risk Assessment.

dc.creatorPinelli, C
dc.creatorSerra, M C
dc.creatorLoffredo, L C
dc.date2001-Dec
dc.date2015-11-27T12:29:08Z
dc.date2015-11-27T12:29:08Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-29T00:55:38Z
dc.date.available2018-03-29T00:55:38Z
dc.identifierCommunity Dentistry And Oral Epidemiology. v. 29, n. 6, p. 443-8, 2001-Dec.
dc.identifier0301-5661
dc.identifier
dc.identifierhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11784287
dc.identifierhttp://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/194918
dc.identifier11784287
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/1295151
dc.descriptionThe aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a dip slide test for mutans streptococci in caries risk assessment, when the microbiological results were compared to well-defined clinical criteria (DCC) for caries risk, clinically measured through high and low caries activity. Eighty-one volunteers from the 6th to 8th grades from public schools of Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil, were evaluated for dental caries. All free smooth surfaces were evaluated to check whether or not there were white spots. Based on the subjects' caries experience, a calibrated clinician divided them into groups of high and low caries activity. The subjects were submitted to a salivary test (CARITEST SM) from the same batch number. Kappa statistics (kappa) were applied to verify the reproducibility of the simplified test, checked through interexaminer agreement when the results were classified by independent and blind means. The microbiological results were validated according to expressions of sensitivity and specificity. A moderate agreement was verified as the results were classified according to 6 scores (kappa=0.55), and the agreement was substantial when the results were classified according to high and low microbiological count (kappa=0.78). The sensitivity and specificity values were 0.59 and 0.85, respectively, showing that the test was more specific than sensitive, and could thus better identify the low caries risk subjects.
dc.description29
dc.description443-8
dc.languageeng
dc.relationCommunity Dentistry And Oral Epidemiology
dc.relationCommunity Dent Oral Epidemiol
dc.rightsfechado
dc.rights
dc.sourcePubMed
dc.subjectAdolescent
dc.subjectBrazil
dc.subjectChild
dc.subjectColony Count, Microbial
dc.subjectConfidence Intervals
dc.subjectDmf Index
dc.subjectDental Caries
dc.subjectDental Caries Activity Tests
dc.subjectDental Caries Susceptibility
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectObserver Variation
dc.subjectPredictive Value Of Tests
dc.subjectReagent Strips
dc.subjectReproducibility Of Results
dc.subjectRisk Assessment
dc.subjectSaliva
dc.subjectSensitivity And Specificity
dc.subjectStatistics As Topic
dc.subjectStreptococcus Mutans
dc.titleEfficacy Of A Dip Slide Test For Mutans Streptococci In Caries Risk Assessment.
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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