Table 3.
Distribution of caries lesions showing concordance between pre- and post-operative depth assessments.
| Lesion Depth | Posterior One-surface | Posterior Multi-surface | Anterior One-surface | Anterior Multi-surface | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O | M or D | B or L | M/O/D/B/L | M or D | B or L | I | M/D/B/L/I | ||
| E1 [N (%)] | 53 (4%) | 1 (0%) | 27 (4%) | 25 (2%) | 3 (1%) | 15 (6%) | 1 (5%) | 10 (2%) | 135 (2%) |
| E2 [N (%)] | 178 (13%) | 35 (3%) | 75 (11%) | 67 (5%) | 18 (6%) | 41 (15%) | 2 (11%) | 29 (7%) | 445 (8%) |
| D1 [N (%)] | 731 (55%) | 597 (55%) | 424 (61%) | 658 (45%) | 208 (65%) | 154 (58%) | 11 (58%) | 211 (47%) | 2994 (53%) |
| D2 [N (%)] | 291 (22%) | 332 (30%) | 142 (21%) | 461 (32%) | 68 (21%) | 43 (16%) | 3 (16%) | 134 (30%) | 1474 (26%) |
| D3 [N (%)] | 70 (5%) | 128 (12%) | 23 (3%) | 246 (17%) | 23 (7%) | 14 (5%) | 2 (11%) | 61 (14%) | 567 (10%) |
| Total [N (%)] | 1323 (100%) | 1093 (100%) | 691 (100%) | 1457 (100%) | 320 (100%) | 267 (100%) | 19 (100%) | 445 (100%) | 5615 (100%) |
O: occlusal; M: mesial; D: distal; B: buccal/facial; L: lingual/palatal; and I: incisal tooth surfaces. Percentages are within columns for each type of caries lesion.