Table 1.
Characteristics of examined teeth and sites pooled over all examiners and periods. Attachment loss Probing depth Gingiva height
| Attachment loss
|
Probing depth
|
Gingiva height
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PCP11 No. (%) | PCP2 No. (%) | PCPUNC15 No. (%) | Total | PCP11 No. (%) | PCP2 No. (%) | PCPUNC15 No. (%) | Total | PCP11 No. (%) | PCP2 No. (%) | PCPUNC 15 No. (%) | Total | |
| Location | ||||||||||||
| Anterior teeth | 701 (46.1) | 712 (45.7) | 682 (45.0) | 2095 | 1632 (43.9) | 1630 (43.8) | 1631 (43.9) | 4893 | 809 (44.6) | 795 (44.8) | 823 (45.4) | 2427 |
| Premolar | 440 (28.9) | 448 (28.8) | 448 (29.6) | 1336 | 1128 (30.3) | 1128 (30.3) | 1128 (30.3) | 3384 | 520 (28.7) | 512 (28.9) | 511 (28.2) | 1543 |
| Molar | 380 (25.0) | 397 (25.5) | 385 (25.4) | 1162 | 960 (25.8) | 960 (25.9) | 958 (25.8) | 2878 | 484 (26.7) | 467 (26.3) | 479 (26.4) | 1430 |
| p = 0.98* | p = 1.00* | p = 0.99* | ||||||||||
| Site | ||||||||||||
| Distobuccal | 346 (22.7) | 344 (22.1) | 328 (21.7) | 1018 | 931 (25.0) | 930 (25.0) | 929 (25.0) | 1925 | 488 (27.0) | 490 (27.6) | 502 (27.7) | 1480 |
| Midbuccal | 482 (31.7) | 518 (33.3) | 489 (32.3) | 1489 | 930 (25.0) | 930 (25.0) | 929 (25.0) | 2789 | 352 (19.4) | 316 (17.8) | 344 (19.0) | 1012 |
| Mesiobuccal | 285 (18.7) | 273 (17.5) | 287 (18.9) | 845 | 930 (25.0) | 930 (25.0) | 930 (25.0) | 2790 | 548 (30.2) | 560 (31.6) | 545 (30.1) | 1653 |
| Midlingual/midpalatinal | 408 (26.8) | 422 (27.1) | 411 (27.1) | 1241 | 929 (25.0) | 928 (25.0) | 929 (25.0) | 2788 | 425 (23.4) | 408 (23.0) | 422 (23.2) | 1255 |
| p = 0.92* | p = 1.00* | p = 0.88* | ||||||||||
| Total | 1521 (100) | 1557 (100) | 1515 (100) | 4593 | 3720 (100) | 3718 (100) | 3717 (100) | 11,155 | 1813 (100) | 1774 (100) | 1813 (100) | 5400 |
Data are presented as numbers (percentages).
*
Chi-squared test.