Modelling the Validity of Periodontal Disease Screening Questions in a Nondental Clinical Setting.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Periodontal examinations are time-consuming and potentially uncomfortable for recipients. We modelled if self-reported questions alone, or combined with objective evidence of periodontal bone loss observable from radiographs, are accurate predictors of periodontitis.

Methods

Self-reported data from the Australian National Survey of Adult Oral Heath 2004-06 were compared with clinical periodontal examinations to assess the validity of 8 periodontitis screening questions in predicting moderate/severe periodontitis. To model alveolar bone loss, a proxy variable simulating radiographic clinical attachment level (rCAL) was created. Three multivariable binary logistic regression models were constructed: responses to 8 screening questions alone (Model 1), screening questi

SUBMITTER: Kapellas K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9275349 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature