Table 1.

Oral health and hygiene of residents registered by dentists and caregivers using the optimized ohr-interRAI section

	Dentist						Caregivers2
	Acceptable		Non-acceptable		Outcome absent3		Acceptable		Non-acceptable		Outcome absent3
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Chewing problems*	103	39.6	145	55.8	12	4.6	108	42.0	138	53.4	12	4.6
Pain/discomfort*	214	82.3	29	11.2	17	6.5	213	82.9	37	14.3	7	2.7
Dry mouth*	136	52.3	106	40.8	18	6.9	126	48.9	123	47.9	9	3.2
Denture hygiene+	80	30.8	100	38.5	80	30.8	136	53.8	42	16.4	76	29.9
Oral hygiene+	24	9.2	130	50.0	106	40.8	90	35.6	63	24.9	100	39.5
Teeth+	35	13.5	117	45.0	108	41.5	57	22.2	97	37.6	103	40.3
Gums+1	116	44.6	137	52.7	7	2.7	197	76.9	56	21.6	4	1.5
Tongue+	221	85.0	26	10.0	13	5.0	195	76.0	59	22.8	3	1.2
Palate/lips/cheeks+	193	74.2	59	22.7	8	3.1	205	79.8	49	18.8	8	1.4

¹In patients without teeth or implant-based retainers, gum tissue of the edentulous ridges was assessed.

²Arithmetic mean over all caregivers

³Assessment was not possible due to the condition of the resident or dentures/retainers/teeth were not present

*Registered based on client self-reports. Assessors turned to family/other caregivers when clients were not able to communicate

⁺Registered based on inspection of the mouth. To collect the presented data, dentists used a standard dental mirror and a dental explorer. Caregivers did not apply any diagnostic instruments