Table 2 Reliability of scoring retention of occlusal sealants according to the modified categorisation using visual clinical examination and replicas with respect to the time of evaluation

From: Comparison between visual clinical examination and the replica method for assessments of sealant retention over a 2-year period

Time of evaluation/year

n

Kappa

95% CI

0.5

369

0.29

0.24–0.35

1.0

369

0.38

0.33–0.44

2.0

357

0.41

0.35–0.47

Combined

1 095

0.38

0.35–0.41

  1. CI, confidence interval; n, number of sealed teeth.
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