Table 3.

Distance from the benchmark

Oral health aspect	Distance from the benchmark: difference between dentists and caregivers on log scale (increase for caregivers)	95% confidence interval	P-value
Denture hygiene	0.118 (1.13)	0.028–0.208	0.010
Oral hygiene	0.326 (1.39)	0.236–0.416	<.0001
Teeth	0.411 (1.51)	0.308–0.513	<.0001
Gums	0.414 (1.51)	0.328–0.499	<.0001
Tongue	0.368 (1.44)	0.278–0.458	<.0001
Palate, lips, cheeks	0.347 (1.41)	0.260–0.435	<.0001

For all oral health aspects the distances from the benchmark scores were significantly higher for the caregivers than for the dentists