Table 2.
Description of Probes and Brushes in ordinal colorimetric scales. (n=446 exploration sites).
| All (n=446*) |
Molar (n=72) |
Premolar (n=199) |
Incisor (n=175) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) |
| Probe 1 (0.6 mm) 2 (0.7 mm) 3 (0.8 mm) 4 (0.9 mm) 5 (1.1 mm) |
49 144 86 73 94 |
(11.0) (32.3) (19.3) (16.4) (21.1) |
1 13 27 15 16 |
(1.4) (18.1) (37.5) (20.8) (22.2) |
10 55 47 34 53 |
(5.0) (27.6) (23.6) (17.1) (26.6) |
38 76 12 24 25 |
(21.7) (43.4) (6.9) (13.7) (14.3) |
| Brush 1 (0.6 mm) 2 (0.7 mm) 3 (0.8 mm) 4 (0.9 mm) 5 (1.1 mm) |
91 127 59 46 123 |
(20.4) (28.5) (13.2) (10.3) (27.6) |
8 18 9 13 24 |
(11.1) (25.0) (12.5) (18.1) (33.3) |
30 53 35 13 68 |
(15.1) (26.6) (17.6) (6.5) (34.2) |
53 56 15 20 31 |
(30.3) (32.0) (8.6) (11.4) (17.7) |
(*) Only patients with no missing values for both assessments were used for the test-retest reliability analysis (9 sites).