Research Article

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

Table 3

Diagnostic performance of 18/19 natural teeth in detecting those with/without oral impacts in ≥60 year olds.

No. of teeth Oral impacts Sn Sp PPV NPV
CutoffWithWithoutTotal

≤18 92 83 1750.670.710.820.53
≥19 37 167 204
Total 129 250 379

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