Pinsent R H, Laird W R
Community Dent Health. 1989 Mar;6(1):3-10.
The evidence for the reliability of some of the most widely used criteria for the assessment of complete dentures is reviewed and a number of factors discussed which might account for the contradictory nature of this evidence, including methods of statistical analysis, the wording of criteria and possible extraneous influences on the judgment of observers using the criteria. Adequate and consistent reliability has not been demonstrated for any of the criteria which have been proposed and the development of either more reliable criteria or of objective tests of the performance of complete dentures is a priority if the results of epidemiological surveys of complete dentures are to be regarded as meaningful.
本文回顾了一些评估全口义齿最广泛使用标准的可靠性证据，并讨论了一些可能导致该证据存在矛盾性的因素，包括统计分析方法、标准的措辞以及对使用这些标准的观察者判断可能产生的外部影响。对于已提出的任何标准，均未证明其具有充分且一致的可靠性。如果要使全口义齿的流行病学调查结果具有意义，那么开发更可靠的标准或全口义齿性能的客观测试是当务之急。
