Table 3 Overview of the model performance per image in relation to the main diagnostic classes using the independent test set (N = 1000 images).

From: Detection and localization of caries and hypomineralization on dental photographs with a vision transformer model

 

True positives (TP)

True negatives (TN)

False positives (FP)

False negatives (FN)

Diagnostic performance

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

ACC

SE

SP

NPV

PPV

Diagnostic performance after 250 training epochs (baseline training)

Caries

Non-cavitation

372

37.2

498

49.8

62

6.2

68

6.8

87.0

84.6

88.9

88.0

85.7

Grayish translucency

26

26.0

952

95.2

10

1.0

12

1.2

97.8

68.4

99.0

98.8

72.2

Enamel breakdown

13

1.3

961

96.1

1

0.1

25

2.5

97.4

34.2

99.9

97.5

92.9

Dentin cavity

155

15.5

791

79.1

23

2.3

31

3.1

94.6

83.3

97.2

96.2

87.1

Fully destructed tooth

40

4.0

949

94.1

5

0.5

6

0.6

98.9

87.0

99.5

99.4

88.9

Molar–incisor hypomineralization (chalky teeth)

Demarcated opacity

148

14.8

807

80.7

27

2.7

18

1.8

95.5

89.2

96.8

97.8

84.6

Enamel disintegration

38

38.0

954

95.4

4

0.4

4

0.4

99.2

90.5

99.6

99.6

90.5

Atypical restoration

35

3.5

954

95.4

5

0.5

6

0.6

98.9

85.4

99.5

99.4

87.5

Diagnostic performance after 250 training epochs + finetuning

Caries

Non-cavitation

389

38.9

512

51.2

5

0.5

5

0.5

90.1

88.4

91.4

90.9

89.0

Grayish translucency

31

31.0

959

95.9

3

0.3

7

0.7

99.0

81.6

99.7

99.3

91.2

Enamel breakdown

14

1.4

954

95.4

8

0.8

24

2.4

96.8

36.8

99.2

97.5

63.6

Dentin cavity

163

16.3

796

79.6

18

1.8

23

2.3

95.9

87.6

97.8

97.2

90.1

Fully destructed tooth

41

4.1

949

94.9

5

0.5

5

0.5

99.0

89.1

99.5

99.5

89.1

Molar–incisor hypomineralization (chalky teeth)

Demarcated opacity

156

15.6

813

81.3

21

2.1

10

1.0

96.9

94.0

97.6

98.8

88.1

Enamel disintegration

33

3.3

955

95.5

4

0.4

8

0.8

98.8

80.5

99.6

99.2

89.2

Atypical restoration

38

3.8

957

95.7

1

0.1

4

0.4

99.5

90.5

99.9

99.6

97.5