Table 2.

Child-level Opportunity Loss and under High and Low Intrachild Correlation Assumptions for 1,250 Child Simulations

	Mean Opportunity Loss per Child	95% Confidence Interval	Percentage of Children for whom AS is Optimal Strategy*	95% Confidence Interval	Mean Opportunity Loss per Child if SC Optimal*	95% Confidence Interval	Mean Opportunity Loss per Child if AS Optimal*	95% Confidence Interval
High intrachild correlation	$80.28	$76.39, $84.17	31%	28%, 34%	$116.29	$112.67, $119.90	−$215.63	−$252.90, −$178.36
Low intrachild correlation	$14.61	$12.20, $17.18	87%	85%, 89%	$112.71	$103.66, $121.76	−$1.25	−$8.27, $5.78

AS = Always Seal; SC = Standard Care.

^*Optimal strategy defined as the strategy for each observation that averts the highest number of restorations or extractions (i.e., is most effective) or, with equal effectiveness, costs the least.