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由BBalevi著作·2019·被引用9次—...(HPT),electricpulptest(EPT),laserDopplerflowmetry(LDF)andpulpoximete…...testingisthesimplestandmostaccurateofalldentalpulpsensibilitytests.

Data sources PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science.Study selection Cohort (retrospective and prospective) and cross-sectional clinical studies investigating the diagnostic accuracy of the cold pulp test (CPT), heat pulp test (HPT), electric pulp test (EPT), laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) and pulp oximeter (PO). Pulpal diagnosis was confirmed by histological analysis, direct clinical observations (access cavity) or evidence of root canal filling (to confirm nonvital teeth).Data extraction and synthesis The diagnostic tests sensitivity (Sn), specificity (Sp), accuracy, positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) were extracted or calculated from the raw data of each included study. The tests outcomes were binary. A true positive (TP) was considered to have occurred when the diagnostic instrument correctly tested positive for a non-vital pulp and true negative (TN) when it correctly tested negative f...