PMID: 8954214Oct 1, 1996Paper

Perceptions of orthodontic treatment need: Receiver Operating Characteristic analysis

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology
D BearnK O'Brien

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the variations in dentists' perception of need for orthodontic treatment. Sixteen dentists viewed forty clinical vignettes and recorded their decisions according to the certainty with which they would offer treatment for each case. Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) analysis was performed on this data, using the Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need (IOTN) as the "gold standard'. The data suggest that dentists treatment decisions do not concur with current guidelines in use in the UK.

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Nov 26, 2008·European Journal of Orthodontics·Eva JosefssonRune Lindsten
Sep 4, 1999·American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics : Official Publication of the American Association of Orthodontists, Its Constituent Societies, and the American Board of Orthodontics·K DanylukT Hassard

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