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Assessment of OXIS contacts-a comparison of three methods

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Abstract

Purpose

To compare OXIS contacts by means of Replication using Sectional die Models (RSM) and Photographs of the Models (PM) with Direct Clinical Examination (DCE) in a sample of preschool children aged 3–4 years.

Methods

A retrospective cross-sectional study was performed using existing records of sectional die models and their photographs among 4257 contacts of 1104 caries-free pre-school children. Two calibrated examiners scored the contacts between the distal surface of the primary first molar and mesial surface of the primary second molar using OXIS criteria from the occlusal view using the RSM & PM methods. These were compared to the OXIS scores from DCE method which was available from previous records. Kappa agreement was used to compare results obtained RSM and PM methods with DCE.

Results

The kappa agreement between the RSM and DCE methods was 98.48%; and between the PM and DCE methods was 99.42%, both of which indicated perfect agreement.

Conclusion

The RSM and PM methods were found to have an excellent agreement in scoring OXIS contacts when compared to the DCE method. PM was found to be slightly more accurate than the RSM method for scoring OXIS contacts.

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Acknowledgements

The authors also thank Mrs. Jothi, MSc Statistics, SCARF Research Foundation, and Chennai for their assistance with the statistical analysis. This study was funded by the DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance (IA/CPHE/17/1/503352).

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  1. Centre for Early Childhood Caries and Research (CECCRe), Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Sri Ramachandra Dental College and Hospital, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research (SRIHER), Sri Ramachandra Nagar, Porur, Chennai, Tamilnadu, 600116, India

    M. Kirthiga & M. S. Muthu

  2. Sri Ramachandra Dental College and Hospital, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research (SRIHER), Chennai, India, Tamilnadu

    R. Tejasvi & S. Srivarshani

  3. Centre of Medical and Bio-Allied Health Sciences Research, Ajman University, Ajman, UAE

    M. S. Muthu

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KM contributed to the conception, design, data acquisition, analysis, and interpretation, drafted and critically revised the manuscript; RT contributed to the conception, design, funding acquisition, literature search, data acquisition, analysis, and interpretation, drafted and critically revised the manuscript; SS, contributed to data analysis and interpretation, critically revised the manuscript; MSM contributed to data analysis and interpretation, critically revised the manuscript. All authors have made substantive contribution to this study and manuscript, and all have reviewed the final paper prior to its submission.

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Kirthiga, M., Tejasvi, R., Srivarshani, S. et al. Assessment of OXIS contacts-a comparison of three methods. Eur Arch Paediatr Dent 24, 507–511 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40368-023-00805-2

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