Assessment of oral health conditions presented in photographs - is there a difference between dentists and non-dental professional caregivers?

Table 5 Direction of the distance from the benchmark

	Underestimation of the condition (lower score than benchmark, odds ratio caregivers/dentists)	95% confidence interval	P-value
Denture hygiene	0.95	0.81–1.11	0.522
Oral hygiene	0.72	0.62–0.84	<.0001
Teeth	0.74	0.61–0.88	0.001
Gums	1.39	1.22–1.59	<.0001
Tongue	1.12	0.97–1.30	0.118
Palate/lips/cheeks	1.22	1.07–1.40	0.004

For oral hygiene and teeth the odds to assign a lower score than the benchmark were significantly higher for the dentists. For gums and palate/lips/cheeks the odds to assign a lower score than the benchmark were significantly higher for the caregivers

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