Alaluusua S
Department of Pedodontics and Orthodontics, University of Helsinki, Finland.
Caries Res. 1993;27 Suppl 1:68-71. doi: 10.1159/000261606.
Clinical and salivary factors were compared with each other for the ability to predict 3-year caries increment in a group of 122 teenagers. The group was screened according to two levels of salivary mutans streptococci and lactobacilli and comparable levels of baseline caries experience (DFS). The risk for caries was validated at three different levels. Sensitivity, specificity, and the positive and negative prediction values were calculated for each level. The results showed that the baseline caries experience was better or as powerful as the salivary tests in predicting future caries increment at comparable screening and validation levels.
在一组122名青少年中，对临床因素和唾液因素预测3年龋齿增量的能力进行了比较。根据唾液变形链球菌和乳酸菌的两个水平以及基线龋齿经验（DFS）的可比水平对该组进行筛选。在三个不同水平上验证龋齿风险。计算每个水平的敏感性、特异性以及阳性和阴性预测值。结果表明，在可比的筛查和验证水平下，基线龋齿经验在预测未来龋齿增量方面与唾液检测效果相当或更好。
