Patients’ awareness regarding the quality of their oral hygiene: development and validation of a new measurement instrument

Table 2 Descriptives of SPOC_n and various aggregated SPOC_d scores of parents and adolescents

Item	10-year-olds (n = 34) M ± SD	15-year-olds (n = 21) M ± SD	Parents (n = 54) M ± SD
SPOC_n	78.5 ± 16.4	79.8 ± 13.5	76.0 ± 18.3
SPOC_d
Total	71.2 ± 19.7	68.0 ± 14.5	70.1 ± 17.3
Outer	77.0 ± 18.4	74.6 ± 14.4	75.8 ± 16.9
Inner	65.5 ± 23.6	61.3 ± 18.1	64.4 ± 19.3
Maxilla	72.3 ± 19.3	69.5 ± 13.5	70.8 ± 17.9
Mandible	70.1 ± 20.6	66.4 ± 16.3	69.4 ± 17.6

SPOC: Self-perceived oral cleanliness. SPOC_n: Naïve overall SPOC before being informed within the questionnaire about the standards of a dentist. SPOC_d: SPOC after being informed about the standards of a dentist. Total: SPOC_d: Mean of the SPOC_d-scores for all 12 areas of the dentition (sextants by inner vs. outer surfaces). Outer/inner: SPOC_d: Mean of the SPOC_d-scores for outer/inner surfaces. Maxilla/mandible: Mean of the SPOC_d-scores for the inner and outer surfaces of the maxilla/mandible

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