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. 2023 Sep 22;13(11):7494–7503. doi: 10.21037/qims-23-762

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.