ArticleBMC oral health2021
Swedish quality registry for caries and periodontal diseases (SKaPa): validation of data on dental caries in 6- and 12-year-old children.
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Validation of Data for Dental Health in the SKaPa Registry for Children and Adolescents
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Caries status in 12-year-old children, geographical location and socioeconomic conditions across European countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of paediatric dentistry · 2025Pooled it
- Determination of caries risk of Finnish preschool-aged children and targeting prevention for at-risk individuals: a register-based pilot study.BMC oral health · 2026Observational
- Long-Term Treatment Success Rate after Stepwise Caries Removal: A Registry Study.Caries research · 2026Article
- Caries experience among children and adolescents from a longitudinal Swedish national registry study over a 10-year period.Acta odontologica Scandinavica · 2026Article
- Using Dental Register Information and Questionnaire Data to Assess Periodontitis in Large Cohort Studies.Journal of clinical periodontology · 2025Article
- The Swedish out-of-home care children cohort (SweOHC) - evaluation of dental health and dental care.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- A Data-Driven Approach Identifies Subtypes of Caries From Dental Charting.Community dentistry and oral epidemiology · 2025Article
- Identification of Swedish caries active individuals aged 30-90 years using a life course perspective and SKaPa longitudinal national registry data over a 10-year period.Acta odontologica Scandinavica · 2024Article
- Identification of caries-active individuals in longitudinal data a methodological study using a national registry.Acta odontologica Scandinavica · 2024Article
- Subtypes of early childhood caries predict future caries experience.Community dentistry and oral epidemiology · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe Swedish Quality Registry for caries and periodontal disease (SKaPa) automatically collects data on caries and periodontitis from patients' electronic dental records. Provided the data entries are reliable and accurate, the registry has potential value as a data source for registry-based research. The aim of this study was to evaluate the reliability and accuracy of the SKaPa registry information on dental caries in 6- and 12-year-old children.
methodThis diagnostic accuracy study compared dental caries data registered at an examination with dental health status registered in the patient's electronic dental records, and with corresponding data retrieved from the SKaPa registry. Clinical examinations of 170 6- and 12-year-old children were undertaken by one of the researchers in conjunction with the children's regular annual dental examinations where the number of teeth were registered, and dental caries was diagnosed using ICDAS II. Teeth with fillings were defined as filled and were added to the ICDAS II score and subsequently dft/DFT was calculated for each individual. Cohen's Kappa, the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), and sensitivity and specificity were calculated to test the agreement of the 'decayed and filled teeth' in deciduous and permanent teeth (dft/DFT) from the three sources.
resultsCohen's Kappa of the dft/DFT-values was calculated to 0.79 between the researcher and the patient record, to 0.95 between patient dental record and SKaPa, and to 0.76 between the researcher and SKaPa. Intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) was calculated to 0.96 between the researcher and the patient journal, to 0.99 between the patient dental record vs. SKaPa, and to 0.95 between the researcher and SKaPa.
conclusionThe SKaPa registry information demonstrated satisfactory reliability and accuracy on dental caries in 6- and 12-year-old children and is a reliable source for registry-based research. Trial registration The study was registered in Clinical Trials ( www.ClinicalTrials.gov , NCT03039010).
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