Trial reportJournal of public health dentistry2015
Examination criteria and calibration procedures for prevention trials of the Early Childhood Caries Collaborating Centers.
Trial report in Journal of public health dentistry, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07683910 (Sequential Application of PVP-I and Fluoride Varnish), which is not on this map. Cited by 25 papers.
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Sequential Application of PVP-I and Fluoride Varnish: A Prospective Cohort Study
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25 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Addition of Povidone-Iodine to Fluoride Varnish for Dental Caries: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JDR clinical and translational research · 2021Trial
- Association of Ethnic Identity with Oral Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Behavior, and Outcomes on the Navajo Nation.Journal of health care for the poor and underserved · 2019Trial
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- Evaluation of Age, Chief Complaint, Diagnosis, and Treatment Done during the First Dental Visit among Children in an Academic Dental Institution in Southern Kerala, India.Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences · 2023Article
- Preventive dental care utilization and dental caries for Medicaid-enrolled adolescents in Oregon.Journal of public health dentistry · 2023Article
- Patterns of Change in Parental Health Literacy in Relation to Children's Oral Health.Health literacy research and practice · 2023Article
- Epidemiology of dental caries in permanent dentition: evidence from a population-based survey in Egypt.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Diagnosis training and calibration for epidemiological studies on primary and permanent teeth with hypomineralization.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2022Article
- Influence of Parental Health Literacy on Change over Time in the Oral Health of American Indian Children.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- What Can We Learn from Parents of Caries-Free and Caries-Active Hispanic Children?JDR clinical and translational research · 2021Article
- Validation of Psychosocial Measures Assessing American Indian Parental Beliefs Related to Control over Their Children's Oral Health.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Developing and Testing Electronic Health Record-Derived Caries Indices.Caries research · 2019Article
- Validity of Measures Assessing Oral Health Beliefs of American Indian Parents.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2018Article
- Randomized Trial of Motivational Interviewing to Prevent Early Childhood Caries in American Indian Children.JDR clinical and translational research · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo summarize diagnostic criteria and examiner training and calibration of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research-funded Early Childhood Caries Collaborating Centers (EC4) and report examiner calibration results from 2010 to 2014. The EC4 at Boston University, University of Colorado, and University of California San Francisco are performing randomized controlled early childhood caries (ECC) prevention trials with caries as the main outcome measure.
methodsThe EC4 with University of Iowa consultants developed standardized tooth and tooth surface status examination criteria for use in field conditions, examiner training materials, and examiner calibration and re-calibration methodologies. Calibration and re-calibration were performed with 1- to 5-year-old children in the San Francisco Mission District in which assessments from each examiner to be calibrated were compared with those from a single gold standard examiner from 2010 to 2014. Cohen's kappa statistic was used to determine inter-examiner agreement.
resultsA total of seven examiners were successfully (re)calibrated during that period, examining a total of 231 children. Overall unweighted Cohen's kappas for 10 surface conditions exceeded the criterion of 0.70. However, separate agreement for assessment of noncavitated lesions, as in other studies, was lower.
conclusionsAn experienced multidisciplinary and multi-institutional team was able to develop criteria and training materials to anticipate situations and field conditions the main trials would encounter. Examiners were successfully trained and (re)calibrated.
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