Key Points
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'Occlusal sketch' is a simple and inexpensive technique for recording oclusal contacts.
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The 'occlusal sketch' shows a high degree of inter- and intra-operator reliability.
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This technique could be useful for researchers who wish to quantify occlusal changes during different treatment modalities.
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'Occlusal sketch' can be used, by practising dentists, as a permanent record of the patient's occlusion.
Abstract
Objectives To develop a simple way of recording occlusal contacts with proven inter- and intra-operator reliability.
Setting Clinical skills laboratory in the University Dental Hospital of Manchester.
Materials and methods The marked static occlusal contacts of 20 sets of models were recorded in a pseudo-clinical situation, by three dentists and in addition by one dentist on two occasions using a schematic representation of the dental arch – the 'occlusal sketch'.
Results The median of Kappa agreement for inter- and intra-operator reliability was almost perfect.
Conclusions The occlusal sketch is a simple, inexpensive and easy way of recording the results of an occlusal examination using marking papers.
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Davies, S., Gray, R., Al-Ani, M. et al. Inter- and intra-operator reliability of the recording of occlusal contacts using 'occlusal sketch' acetate technique. Br Dent J 193, 397–400 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.4801575
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