Oral health of 12-year-old children in Quito, Ecuador: a population-based epidemiological survey

BMC Oral Health

Table 1 Results obtained regarding the inter-examiner reproducibility among the 6 examiners obtained during the calibration sessions

Oral health condition	Number of Examinations	Percentage agreement ^a	Kappa value ^a	95% CI
Dental caries	376	97.1	0.94	0.92 to 0.95
Gingival bleeding	234	92.2	0.73	0.65 to 0.82
Presence of calculus	234	92.5	0.85	0.79 to 0.89
Malocclusion	256	93.6	0.87	0.75 to 0.97
Dental fluorosis	272	91.2	0.83	0.69 to 0.85
Traumatic dental injuries	200	98.8	0.89	0.79 to 0.98

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