. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 1.

Published in final edited form as: Oper Dent. 2010 Jul–Aug;35(4):389–396. doi: 10.2341/09-363-C

Table 5.

Concordance, underestimation and overestimation of depth assessments of multi-surface caries lesions.

	Posterior			Anterior
	M/O/D/B/L (N=2093)			M/D/B/L/I (N=613)

	Pre<Post	Pre=Post	Pre>Post	Pre<Post	Pre=Post	Pre>Post
E1 (%)	40	60	0	23	77	0
E2 (%)	52	48	0	36	62	2
D1 (%)	34	66	0	25	73	2
D2 (%)	20	73	7	19	74	8
D3 (%)	0	89	11	0	73	26
Mean (%)	40	60	0	23	77	0

Pre<Post: percentage of pre-operative assessments that underestimated depth; Pre=Post: percentage in which the pre-operative and post-operative assessments were the same; Pre>Post: percentage of pre-operative assessments that overestimated depth. O: occlusal; M: mesial; D: distal; B: buccal/facial; L: lingual/palatal; and I: incisal tooth surfaces. Percentages are within rows for each caries lesion depth.