Effect of Amalgam Restorations and Operation Parameters on Diagnostic Accuracy of Caries Detection Using Cone Beam Computed Tomography: An In Vitro Study
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.
