Original Article
Year : 2018 | Volume : 9 | Issue : 3 | Page : 101-106
The 5-year-olds' index, the GOSLON Yardstick index, and the modified Huddart/Bodenham index among children with complete unilateral cleft lip and palate: A methodological study
Mahwash Chaudhry1, Henry Svensson2, Magnus Becker2, Anna-Paulina Wiedel3
1 Department of Clinical Sciences in Malmü, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, 2 Department of Clinical Sciences in Malmü, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund; Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Skåne University Hospital, Malmü, Sweden, 3 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Skåne University Hospital; Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Odontology, Malmü University, Malmü, Sweden
Correspondence Address:
Anna-Paulina Wiedel
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Skåne University Hospital, Jan Waldenstrümsgata 18, 205 02 Malmü, Malmü, Sweden.
Abstract:
Background:
The function of many orthodontic indices is to assess occlusion in patients born with a cleft. The aim of this study was to assess the intra- and interexaminer reliability for the 5-year-olds' (5YO) index, the GOSLON Yardstick index, and the modified Huddart/Bodenham (MHB) index in dental casts of children with complete unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP); a further aim is to compare the indices to each other.
Methods:
Forty dental casts from 5-year-old nonsyndromic patients with complete UCLP who had undergone primary surgery at Skåne University Hospital in Malmö, Sweden, were examined by two examiners: one orthodontic specialist and one general dentist.
Results:
Intraexaminer reliability for 5YO and MHB had a substantial (κ: 0.61–0.80) to almost perfect agreement ( κ: 0.81–1.00) and GOSLON Yardstick moderate (κ: 0.41–0.60) to almost perfect agreement. Grouped teeth or single-tooth MHB had an almost perfect agreement for both examiners. Interexaminer reliability for 5YO had a moderate agreement, whereas GOSLON Yardstick and MHB had a fair agreement (κ: 0.21–0.40). Grouped teeth or single-tooth MHB had an almost perfect agreement.
Conclusions:
The 5YO index illustrates the occlusion and has a high degree of reliability for an experienced orthodontist. The GOSLON Yardstick also illustrates the occlusion, but reliability between assessments is lower. MHB index can be used with a high degree of reliability when categorized as grouped or single tooth, but the judgment of total occlusion is more uncertain.
Source of Support:
None
Conflict of Interest:
None
DOI: 10.4103/ijor.ijor_11_18
How to cite this article: Chaudhry M, Svensson H, Becker M, Wiedel AP. The 5-year-olds' index, the GOSLON Yardstick index, and the modified Huddart/Bodenham index among children with complete unilateral cleft lip and palate: A methodological study. Int J Orthod Rehabil 2018;9:101-6.
