Al-Malik M I, Holt R D, Bedi R
Department of Transcultural Oral Health, Eastman Dental Institute, University College London, UK.
Community Dent Health. 2001 Dec;18(4):232-5.
To compare findings from photographs of incisor teeth in pre-school children in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to those on clinical examination for dental erosion.
Cross sectional study of 2-5-year-old Saudi Arabian children using two methods of examination.
of erosion was carried out clinically using a scoring system and criteria based on those used in the United Kingdom national surveys. Photographs of labial and palatal surfaces of maxillary primary incisors were taken for each child and scored in the same way.
Kindergarten schools in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
987 children from 17 randomly selected schools in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Readable photographs were available for 727 children. Two hundred and twenty (30%) had photographic evidence of tooth tissue loss. Prevalence estimates derived from clinical examination were higher than those for photographs (36% compared to 30%). Agreement was seen between the two methods for 93% of the surfaces included.
Photographs have been employed in research in dentistry as well as for documentation and illustration. In epidemiology they have proved to be valuable in measuring enamel defects but have not been used for other conditions. Photographs have potential in measuring erosion, but may benefit from refinement.
比较沙特阿拉伯吉达市学龄前儿童门牙照片与牙齿侵蚀临床检查结果。
采用两种检查方法对2至5岁沙特儿童进行横断面研究。
临床使用基于英国全国调查所采用的评分系统和标准对侵蚀情况进行评估。为每个儿童拍摄上颌乳切牙唇面和腭面照片，并以相同方式评分。
沙特阿拉伯吉达市的幼儿园。
来自沙特阿拉伯吉达市17所随机选取学校的987名儿童。
727名儿童有可读照片。220名（30%）有牙齿组织丧失的照片证据。临床检查得出的患病率估计值高于照片检查结果（分别为36%和30%）。两种方法对93%的纳入表面检查结果一致。
照片已用于牙科研究以及记录和说明。在流行病学中，照片已被证明在测量牙釉质缺陷方面很有价值，但尚未用于其他病症。照片在测量侵蚀方面有潜力，但可能需要改进。
