Table 3.
Fraction of accurate predictions of depth in regard to teeth without and with amalgam restorations.
| Mode | True depth = 3 | True depth = 2 | True depth = 1 | No lesion present | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Without ARa (17 surfaces) | With ARb (17 surfaces) | Without ARa (13 surfaces) | With ARb (13 surfaces) | Without ARa (13 surfaces) | With ARb (13 surfaces) | Without ARa (30 surfaces) | With ARb (4 surfaces) | |||||||||
| Exact match | 2 or 3 | Exact match | 2 or 3 | Exact match | 1, 2, or 3 | Exact match | 1, 2, or 3 | Exact match | 1 or 2 | Exact match | 1 or 2 | No lesion (0) | 0 or 1 | No lesion (0) | 0 or 1 | |
| Mode 1 | 0.90 | 0.97 | 0.86 | 0.95 | 0.78 | 1.00 | 0.67 | 0.95 | 0.76 | 0.90 | 0.89 | 0.94 | 0.94 | 0.98 | 0.69 | 0.90 | 
| Mode 2 | 0.76 | 0.88 | 0.86 | 0.90 | 0.33 | 0.78 | 0.29 | 0.90 | 0.48 | 0.62 | 0.61 | 0.78 | 0.60 | 0.88 | 0.28 | 0.54 | 
| Mode 3 | 0.76 | 0.88 | 0.90 | 0.95 | 0.61 | 1.00 | 0.52 | 0.90 | 0.57 | 0.81 | 0.50 | 0.56 | 0.90 | 0.98 | 0.64 | 0.90 | 
| Mode 4 | 0.84 | 0.85 | 0.86 | 1.00 | 0.83 | 1.00 | 0.81 | 0.95 | 0.76 | 0.86 | 0.89 | 1.00 | 0.90 | 0.96 | 0.85 | 0.92 | 
aBlocks for teeth without amalgam restorations; bBlocks for teeth with amalgam restorations.