Espelid I
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 1986 Oct;14(5):265-70. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1986.tb01069.x.
The purpose of the study was to examine the quality of radiographic caries diagnosis by dentists; the frequency of operative treatment decisions; and the frequency and pattern of proposals to fill sound surfaces. Radiographs of 68 approximal surfaces of extracted teeth were duplicated and examined by 243 dentists. A "true" diagnosis was established by direct inspection and probing. Great variation existed in diagnostic quality between dentists. Restoration therapy made up 15.6 of surfaces on average (SD = 6.5, range 0-66). Fillings were proposed for about 5% of the sound surfaces. About 25% of the dentists accounted for more than 80% of the treatment proposed for sound surfaces.
本研究的目的是检查牙医进行的放射影像学龋齿诊断的质量；手术治疗决策的频率；以及对健康牙面进行充填建议的频率和模式。对68颗拔除牙齿的邻面进行X线片复制，并由243名牙医进行检查。通过直接检查和探查确定“真实”诊断。不同牙医的诊断质量存在很大差异。修复治疗平均占牙面的15.6%（标准差=6.5，范围0-66）。约5%的健康牙面被建议进行充填。约25%的牙医提出了超过80%的针对健康牙面的治疗建议。
