Evaluating periodontal disease misclassification mechanisms under partial-mouth recording protocols.
Brenda HeatonPraveen SharmaRaul I GarciaThomas DietrichPublished in: Journal of clinical periodontology (2018)
Misclassification of periodontal disease by PMR protocols is not random, even if sites under observation are randomly selected. PMR protocols can be selected/modified to maximize sensitivity, but they do so at the expense of bias in mean measures of severity.
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