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. 2013 Oct 3;13:49. doi: 10.1186/1472-6831-13-49

Table 1.

Interexaminer reproducibility from examiners using the International Caries Detection and Assessment System in detecting caries lesions in primary teeth during training and calibration session for epidemiological survey

  Intraclass correlation coefficient
Weighted kappa values
(95% confidence interval) Mean Standard deviation Range
Occlusal surfaces
0.828 (0.743 to 0.901)
0.781
0.078
0.529 – 0.927
Buccal/lingual surfaces
0.587 (0.526 to 0.651)
0.568
0.134
0.191 – 0.881
Proximal surfaces
0.833 (0.797 to 0.867)
0.844
0.058
0.698 – 0.971
All surfaces 0.790 (0.761 to 0.817) 0.731 0.152 0.191 – 0.971