Consistency of orthodontic extraction decisions

SUMMARY Ten orthodontists having completed specialist training, examined on two occasions 1 month apart, the complete pre-treatment records of 60 Class II division 1 patients representing the full range of dental malocclusion severity. At each session the orthodontist recorded whether their proposed...

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Published in:	European journal of orthodontics Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 77 - 80
Main Authors:	Ribarevski, R., Vig, P., Vig, K. Dryland, Weyant, R., O'Brien, K.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Oxford University Press 01-02-1996
Subjects:	Adolescent Child Decision Making Dentistry Humans Malocclusion, Angle Class II - therapy Observer Variation Orthodontics - statistics & numerical data Patient Care Planning - statistics & numerical data Pennsylvania - epidemiology Reproducibility of Results Serial Extraction - statistics & numerical data Pennsylvania
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Summary:	SUMMARY Ten orthodontists having completed specialist training, examined on two occasions 1 month apart, the complete pre-treatment records of 60 Class II division 1 patients representing the full range of dental malocclusion severity. At each session the orthodontist recorded whether their proposed treatment involved extractions. The level of agreement both betweeon and with in the orthodontists was evaluated with the Kappa statistic. Data analysis revealed that the level of agreement with in the examiners was good, however the between examiner agreement was poor. It appeared that the orthodontists were applying different criteria in terms of the extraction decision and this has implications for orthodontic patients.
Bibliography:	ark:/67375/HXZ-LD8LDH0N-D istex:4F1EC930FB106D9D3F9B86663C3605107D5E6EDC Address for correspondence Professor Kevin O'Brien, Department of Dental Medicine and Surgery Turner Dental School, Higher Cambridge Street, Manchester M15 6FH, UK ArticleID:18.1.77 ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23
ISSN:	0141-5387 1460-2210
DOI:	10.1093/ejo/18.1.77