TY - JOUR
T1 - Perceptions of orthodontic treatment need
T2 - receiver operating characteristic analysis
AU - Bearn, David
AU - Wright, Jean
AU - Kay, Elizabeth
AU - O'Brien, Kevin
N1 - Copyright 2004 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam. All rights reserved.
PY - 1996/10
Y1 - 1996/10
N2 - 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.
AB - 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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U2 - 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1996.tb00866.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1996.tb00866.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0030255302
SN - 0301-5661
VL - 24
SP - 303
EP - 306
JO - Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology
JF - Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology
IS - 5
ER -