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Table 1 Agreement between assessments using Polarized White Light (PWL) and standard White Light (WL) images for dental fluorosis evaluated with linear weighted Kappa’s

From: Quantitative Light Fluorescence (QLF) and Polarized White Light (PWL) assessments of dental fluorosis in an epidemiological setting

 

Examiner 1 & Examiner 2

Examiner 3 & Examiner 4

A

B

A

B

PWL

0.7298

0.7381

0.6100

0.5991

WL (35 mm)

0.6887

0.7355

0.5489

0.4970

  1. A = Most common severe tooth scored (mode) B = Most severe tooth scored
  2. Different examiners using same test.
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BMC Public Health

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