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TL;DR
This study developed and tested a digital software tool (VOSER) for recording dental caries data, finding it was significantly faster and showed almost perfect agreement with the standard paper method.
Journal of Dental Sciences · 6 authors, 3 centres
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This study developed and tested a digital software tool (VOSER) for recording dental caries data, finding it was significantly faster and showed almost perfect agreement with the standard paper method.
The study developed the Vietnam Oral Survey Electronics Recorder (VOSER) software to digitalize dental caries data recording per WHO 2013 criteria. Its reliability and efficiency were tested in a clinical examination of 365 school children (ages 5, 8, and 12) in Vietnam. One gold standard examiner and two trained clerks examined the children using either paper forms or the VOSER digital form. Analyses compared recording time, spreadsheet time, and caries indices (DMFT/S, dmft/s). Results showed the median time for using VOSER was significantly shorter than the standard paper method in all three dentitions. Cohen's Kappa values indicated almost perfect agreements between methods (0.927–0.958), and intraclass correlation coefficients showed good to excellent reliabilities (0.791–0.997). The study concludes that VOSER is efficient and reliable for dental caries surveys.