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Dental Faculty Accuracy When Using Diagnostic Codes: A Pilot Study.

Jeanne C Sutton¹, Rose-Marie Fay¹, Carolyn P Huynh¹

¹Dr. Sutton is Associate Professor, Department of General Practice and Dental Public Health, University of Texas School of Dentistry at Houston; Dr. Fay is Assistant Professor, Department of General Practice and Dental Public Health, University of Texas School of Dentistry at Houston; Dr. Huynh is Associate Professor, Department of Diagnostic and Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas School of Dentistry at Houston; Dr. Johnson is Professor, Department of General Practice & Dental Public Health, University of Texas School of Dentistry at Houston; Dr. Zhu is Associate Professor, Biostatistics and Epidemiology Research Design Core, Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences, and Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas McGovern Medical School; and Dr. Quock is Professor and Vice-Chair, Department of Restorative Dentistry and Prosthodontics, University of Texas School of Dentistry at Houston.

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Dental faculty accurately diagnosed deep tooth decay but struggled with early enamel lesions. Despite diagnostic code inaccuracies for incipient lesions, treatment decisions were generally correct, indicating a need for improved diagnostic code calibration.

Keywords:

calibration caries dental education dental faculty diagnosis diagnostic codes electronic health record radiographs

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Dental Radiology
Operative Dentistry
Dental Education

Background:

Accurate diagnosis of interproximal tooth radiolucencies is crucial for appropriate treatment planning.
Existing diagnostic codes require precise application for effective clinical decision-making.
Dental faculty's proficiency in utilizing diagnostic codes impacts treatment outcomes and education.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate the accuracy of dental faculty in assigning diagnostic codes to radiographic interproximal tooth radiolucencies.
To assess the correlation between diagnostic code accuracy and subsequent treatment planning decisions.
To determine dental faculty's confidence levels in their diagnostic and treatment choices.

Main Methods:

Fifty general dentistry faculty members reviewed 15 bitewing radiographs with highlighted interproximal radiolucencies.
Participants selected diagnostic codes (enamel/dentin progression) and acute treatment options.
Responses were compared against expert-determined "gold standard" diagnoses and treatments.

Main Results:

Faculty accurately assigned diagnostic codes for deep dentin lesions (outer and pulpal thirds) (p<0.0001).
Moderate accuracy was observed for lesions in enamel and the middle dentin third.
Treatment choices were largely accurate (63.6-100%) across all lesion types, irrespective of diagnostic code accuracy.

Conclusions:

Dental faculty demonstrated proficiency in diagnosing advanced caries but less accuracy with incipient enamel lesions.
Treatment planning was generally appropriate, even when diagnostic codes were not perfectly assigned.
Enhanced calibration and teaching of diagnostic codes are necessary to improve faculty's diagnostic accuracy for early-stage lesions.