Table 3.
Intra- and inter-examiner consistency test of assessing primary and permanent dentition at surface level amongst 6–9-year-olds with the Caries Assessment Spectrum and Treatment (CAST) instrument (0–7)
| Primary dentition |
Permanent dentition |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | κ | SE | Po (%) | n | κ | SE | Po (%) | |
| Intra-examiner | ||||||||
| Examiner 1 | 2,227 | 0.86 | 0.02 | 97.0 | 949 | 0.67 | 0.10 | 99.1 |
| Examiner 2 | 1,220 | 0.80 | 0.02 | 93.9 | 523 | 0.33 | 0.13 | 97.1 |
| Examiner 3 | 1,793 | 0.82 | 0.02 | 96.8 | 1082 | 0.56 | 0.10 | 98.8 |
| Inter-examiner | ||||||||
| Examiner 1–2 | 1,220 | 0.86 | 0.03 | 97.0 | 441 | 0.67 | 0.11 | 97.7 |
| Examiner 2–3 | 994 | 0.68 | 0.03 | 93.7 | 608 | 0.28 | 0.13 | 98.4 |
| Examiner 1–3 | 4,933 | 0.86 | 0.02 | 96.3 | 1812 | 0.67 | 0.11 | 98.9 |
n, Number of surfaces; κ, kappa-coefficient value; SE, standard error; Po, percentage of agreement.