Information validating the
The present eight-year cohort study addresses the following questions:
Does the caries status of the primary teeth correlate with that of the
permanent teeth in the same individual? If so, which teeth contribute most
strength to the correlation? Finally, can caries in the permanent teeth be
predicted from caries status in the primary teeth of the same individual?
Here, we examined the specificity, sensitivity, predictive value, and
efficiency of various risk predictors that might be used to predict future
caries in this prospective study.