By Nigel Pitts
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These areas are typically smooth, shiny and hard. Abrasion is characterized by a clearly defined outline with a sharp border, whereas erosion has a more diffuse border. Neither condition shows discolouration. 5 mm) present. 5 mm) present. ICDAS Reproducibility, Sensitivity and Specificity During the development of the ICDAS criteria in August 2002, the 20 participants in the workshop examined the occlusal surfaces of 57 extracted teeth. The consensus of all participants was used to define the clinical status of the occlusal surfaces.
22 Ekstrand KR, Ricketts DNJ, Longbottom C, Pitts NB: Visual and tactile assessment of arrested initial enamel carious lesions: an in vivo pilot study. Caries Res 2005;39:173–177. 23 Ricketts DNJ, Ekstrand KR, Kidd EAM, Larsen T: Relating visual and radiographic ranked scoring systems for occlusal caries detection to histological and microbiological evidence. Operative Dent 2002; 27:231–237. 24 Topping GVA, Hally JD, Bonner BC, Pitts NB: Training for the International Caries Detection and Assessment System (ICDAS II): CD-rom and webbased educational software.
Inter- and intra-examiner reproducibility and accuracy in the detection and assessment of occlusal caries has been confirmed by Jablonski-Momeni et al. [56] in extracted teeth. In this study 4 dentists examined the occlusal surfaces of 100 teeth using the ICDAS II criteria, after which the teeth were serially sectioned and histologically assessed for the depth of caries. Three of the examiners were inexperienced in the use of ICDAS II prior to training by the 4th examiner. 83. 72). 83 for the 4 examiners.