Publications by authors named "Sabine Mesinger"
Article Synopsis
- The FDI criteria for dental restorations, first published in 2007 and updated in 2010, underwent a revision process due to increased scientific use and user inquiries for clarification.
- An expert panel used the Delphi method to revise the criteria, redefining categories and clarifying ambiguities to better link clinical situations with management strategies based on different score levels.
- The revisions aim to standardize the evaluation of dental restorations, enhancing understanding and acceptance among researchers, educators, and dental professionals.
Objectives: The purpose of this in vitro reliability study was to determine the intra- and inter-examiner agreement of the revised FDI criteria including the categories "fracture of material and retention" (F1) and "caries at restoration margin" (B1).
Materials And Methods: Forty-nine photographs of direct tooth-coloured posterior (n = 25) and anterior (n = 24) restorations with common deficiencies were included. Ten dental experts repeated the assessment in three blinded rounds.