Effectiveness of Visual-Tactile Examination and DIAGNOdent Pen in Detecting Early Enamel Caries and Its Remineralisation: An In Vitro Study

Table 3

Percentage of occlusal carious lesions detected correctly utilizing different caries diagnostic methods at different histological levels.

Caries diagnostic method	Histology score	Percentage of occlusal carious lesions detected correctly at different histological levels %		(SE)
		True positive-false positive/total	%
ICDAS-II
Sound (code 0)	D1	33-20/53	62.26	.430 (.084)
ICDAS (codes 1 and 2)	D2	11-22/33	33
ICDAS (code 3)	D3	15-19/34	44.117
DDPen score
0-13	D1	50-3/53	94.33	.738(.062)
14-20	D2	26-7/33	78.78
>21	D3	23-11/34	67.64

%: percentage; : Spearman rank correlation; : Downer’s classification.