Research Article

Number of Natural Teeth and Oral Impacts: A Study on Sri Lankan Adults

Table 2

Diagnostic performance of 24/25 natural teeth in detecting those with/without oral impacts in 40–59 year olds.

No. of teeth Oral impacts SnSp PPVNPV
CutoffWithWithoutTotal

≤24 73 93 1660.690.70 0.870.44
≥25 31 208 239
Total 104 301405

Sn: sensitivity; Sp: specificity; PPV: positive predictive value; NPV: negative predictive value.