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Predictor
variables
Validating
criteria
Incidence/increment
Statistical
methods
Results
Sensitivity
and specificity
Study
quality and
relevance
Comments
Over denture
9 independent
groups of
variables: age,
sex, medical
problems, use
of drugs, drug
effects, fluoride
use, type of
fluoride, brushing
habits, periodontal
status
≥1 new DS
on over
denture
abutment
teeth
Proportion
high risk:
Not stated
Incidence:
6.5% of
abutment
teeth per
year
Log regression,
Se, Sp
Model: low
frequency of
brushing, no
fluoride at
home, severe
periodontal
problems
in mandible,
drugs
with neural
side-effects,
cardiovascular
disease,
Se: 8%; Sp:
99%
Low
Sampling
bias. Incomplete
data
reporting
Sociodemographic,
general
health, psychosocial,
health
behaviour, oral
self care, dental
visiting, baseline
caries, prevalence,
wearing
partial denture,
mean periodontal
attachment loss
≥1 coronal
DFS or
mean net
increment
Proportion
high risk:
69%
(After 3
yrs)
Mean net
coronal
DFS
increment/
100 surfaces
at
risk: 2.1
57%
developed
≥1 new
coronal
DFS
Log regression,
OR,
Se and Sp
Significant OR
in model
High school
education:
0.5
Married: 0.6
Baseline
attachment
loss: 0.8
Baseline
no of teeth
(>20): 1.1
Se: 80%;
Sp: 46%;
accuracy:
0.66
Low
Incomplete
data
reporting.
Coronal
caries only
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