Affiliation:
1. Department of Endodontology, School of Dentistry Ege University Izmir Turkey
2. Private Practice Izmir Turkey
3. Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science Ege University Izmir Turkey
4. Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry Ege University Izmir Turkey
Abstract
AbstractBackground/AimsTraumatic dental injuries (TDI) are one of the most commonly encountered dental health complications. In order to standardize the evaluations and compare the findings of TDI, a carefully defined dental trauma index may serve as a good tool for the correct recording of dental trauma. A new dental trauma index, the Modified Eden & Baysal dental trauma index (MEBTI), has been introduced. It is an expanded index to record soft tissue injuries in addition to dental injuries. The aim of this study was to assess the validity and reliability of the MEBDTI.Materials and MethodsThe archival data of 20 patients with different traumatic injuries were selected. A web‐based form including the radiographs and photographs of selected cases was created. Following a training session, 12 dentists with a minimum of 10 years of clinical experience were asked to score the cases using the MEBDTI on an online form. The Kolmogorov–Smirnov test was used to test the normality. The Kruskal–Wallis Test was used for intergroup comparisons. Inter‐observer agreement was investigated by reliability analysis. The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) was used to evaluate the agreement among observers. The Chi‐Square test of independence was used to determine if there is a significant relationship between two nominal variables (p < .05).ResultsThe rate of correctly assessing the alveolar bone fracture was 96.9% followed by apex maturity (92.7%), root fracture (85.4%), luxation injury (76.5%), crown fracture (76.2%), and soft tissue injury (50%). Considering all parameters, the soft tissue injuries were statistically different in terms of the answers given by the 12 dentists (p < .05).ConclusionThe accuracy of the scores of participants was high and in accordance with each other except for the identification of soft tissue injuries. In favor of this novel index, the data on dental trauma cases could be recorded practically and reliably.
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