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)
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).