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. 2022 Nov 18;27(4):1519–1528. doi: 10.1007/s00784-022-04771-9

Table 3.

Intra-examiner reliability values for direct tooth-coloured posterior and anterior restorations across 10 examiners in relation to the selected FDI criteria

Intra-examiner reliability Posterior restorations Anterior restorations
Nominal data set (scores 1–5 incl. “not applicable”) Ordinal data set (scores 1–5 only) Nominal data set (scores 1–5 incl. “not applicable”) Ordinal data set (scores 1–5 only)
Criteria Evaluation round % Agreement Cohen Kappa % Agreement Weighted Kappa % Agreement Cohen Kappa % Agreement Weighted Kappa
F1 1 vs. 2 66.4 0.57 67.5 0.74 74.2 0.63 73.3 0.76
2 vs. 3 58.4 0.48 59.7 0.66 70.0 0.54 69.3 0.68
F2 1 vs. 2 73.2 0.66 72.8 0.75 62.5 0.49 62.2 0.60
2 vs. 3 67.2 0.59 67.2 0.72 61.7 0.48 62.0 0.61
F4 1 vs. 2 72.8 0.65 67.5 0.67 69.2 0.60 63.0 0.60
2 vs. 3 70.0 0.61 64.3 0.62 66.7 0.56 60.0 0.56
B1 1 vs. 2 62.4 0.47 63.3 0.66 72.1 0.49 71.3 0.63
2 vs. 3 70.4 0.57 72.5 0.73 73.3 0.48 72.8 0.68
B2 1 vs. 2 69.2 0.51 68.6 0.65 75 0.54 74.9 0.51
2 vs. 3 68.4 0.51 68.9 0.64 75.8 0.57 75.8 0.47
A1 1 vs. 2 71.6 0.61 68.4 0.63 59.6 0.44 56.1 0.47
2 vs. 3 66.8 0.56 62.7 0.59 67.5 0.54 65.3 0.59
A2 1 vs. 2 70.8 0.61 64.2 0.60 68.3 0.57 66.1 0.57
2 vs. 3 70.8 0.61 64.9 0.61 56.8 0.55 64.2 0.67
A3 1 vs. 2 80.8 0.71 80.2 0.76 63.3 0.47 60.3 0.50
2 vs. 3 76.1 0.64 77.4 0.70 67.9 0.54 65.4 0.58

Criteria: F1: fracture of material and Retention, F2: marginal adaptation, F4: form and contour, B1: caries at restoration margin (CAR), B2: dental hard tissue defects, A1: surface lustre and texture, A2: marginal staining, A3: colour match