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- Title
Reliability of probing depth assessments at healthy implant sites and natural teeth.
- Authors
Ramanauskaite, Ausra; Obreja, Karina; Schwarz, Frank; Jepsen, Karin; Cosgarea, Raluca; Bunke, Jennifer; Eisenbeiss, Anne-Katrin; Schulz, Juliane; Flörke, Christian; Eberhard, Christian; Kocher, Thomas; Jablonowski, Lukasz; Jepsen, Søren; Holtfreter, Birte
- Abstract
Aim: To evaluate the intra- and inter-examiner reliability in the assessment of probing depth (PD) measurements at healthy dental implant sites and periodontally healthy natural teeth. Materials and methods: Five patients exhibiting 21 dental implants were enrolled in the study. Eight experienced examiners performed duplicate PD measurements at six sites of all implants and of preselected natural teeth. Intra-examiner accuracy was estimated using intra-examiner correlation coefficients (ICCs) with 95% confidence intervals (CI). A gold standard (GS) examiner was set. Inter-examiner accuracy compared to the GS examiner was assessed using pairwise inter-examiner ICCs. Results: The intra-examiner ICC ranged from 0.759 (95% CI, 0.692–0.812) to 0.863 (95% CI, 0.826–0.892) for the measurements at teeth and from 0.712 (95% CI, 0.580–0.800) to 0.841 (95% CI, 0.774–0.888) for the PDs assessed at implants. The inter-examiner ICCs for tooth measurements varied from 0.197 (95% CI, − 0.280 to 0.511) to 0.791 (95% CI, 0.560–0.892). The corresponding values for the assessments at implants varied from 0.576 (95% CI, 0.286–0.734) to 0.794 (95% CI, 0.708–0.855). Conclusions: The intra- and inter-examiner reproducibility of repeated PD measurements assessed by experienced examiners tended to be higher for the measurements at periodontally healthy teeth compared to healthy dental implant sites. Clinical relevance: Experienced examiners demonstrated a higher degree of reliability of probing measurements around teeth compared to dental implants.
- Subjects
TEETH; DENTAL implants; PERIODONTAL probe; CONFIDENCE intervals; STATISTICAL correlation
- Publication
Clinical Oral Investigations, 2023, Vol 27, Issue 6, p2533
- ISSN
1432-6981
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00784-022-04810-5