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Diagnostic accuracy of severe periodontitis for Ramfjord teeth based on different classifications
Jiahong Shi1, Nan Zhou2, Biyu He3
1Department of Periodontics, Nanjing Stomatological Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
Objective:
To evaluate the accuracy of Ramfjord teeth (RT) protocol for the diagnosis of severe periodontitis based on different classifications and explore the misclassification bias such as teeth loss.
Methods:
Patients (n = 435) receiving full-mouth periodontal examination (FMPE) were included. Patients were classified as severe (stage III/IV) periodontitis and no/mild/moderate (no/stage I/II) periodontitis according to the case definition proposed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American Academy of Periodontology (AAP)-(CDC/AAP), a new classification introduced by AAP and the European Federation of Periodontology (EFP)-(AAP/EFP), and consensus of Chinese experts (CCE). Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, Youden's index, and area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC) compared with FMPE were evaluated.
Results:
The specificity of RT was 86.8%, 92.2%, and 77.1% when compared with FMPE protocol based on CDC/AAP, AAP/EFP, and CCE classifications, while the AUROC value was 0.934, 0.961, and 0.886 specifically. The loss of the first molar leads to the greatest reduction in the detection rate of severe periodontitis.
Conclusions:
RT showed the highest specificity based on the new AAP/EFP classification. The loss of the first molar leads to the greatest reduction in the detection rate of severe periodontitis.
