Table 5. Performance of junior dentists and AI in detecting periapical infections.
| Detector | True diagnosis | Underdiagnosis | Misdiagnosis | PPV | NPV | Sensitivity | Specificity | F1-score | AUC | Std. error | 95% CI | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower | Upper | ||||||||||||
| JD1 | 307 | 56 | 137 | 0.651 | 0.673 | 0.962 | 0.421 | 0.777 | 0.773 | 0.022 | 0.73 | 0.816 | 0.001 |
| JD2 | 79 | 126 | 295 | 0.312 | 0.278 | 0.758 | 0.404 | 0.442 | 0.641 | 0.022 | 0.593 | 0.719 | 0.001 |
| JD3 | 294 | 86 | 120 | 0.648 | 0.546 | 0.958 | 0.621 | 0.773 | 0.833 | 0.019 | 0.796 | 0.87 | 0.001 |
| AI | 364 | 67 | 69 | 0.861 | 0.689 | 0.973 | 0.629 | 0.914 | 0.872 | 0.017 | 0.838 | 0.905 | 0.001 |
AI, artificial intelligence; PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value; AUC, area under the curve; CI, confidence interval; JD1, Junior Dentist 1; JD2, Junior Dentist 2; JD3, Junior Dentist 3.