Dental care for the handicapped

Pool, D M

doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4804678

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“…Similar schemes have been shown to reduce the risk of dental disease in disabled children (24)(25)(26). Several reports have dealt with caries prevention for risk groups (27)(28)(29) and the British Dental Association has presented a report on "Dental services for special and priority groups" (30) wherein patients with certain medical conditions are recommended for "comprehensive preventive dental care from as early an age as possible" with "vigorous follow-up".…”

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Caries experience of disabled school‐age children

Storhaug

Holst

1987

Comm Dent Oral Epid

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A group of 415 disabled school-age children representing 10 different disabling conditions (hereafter called diagnostic groups) were examined and DMFT registered. Parents were interviewed about problems and habits relevant to dental health. The purpose was to study the relationship between different background variables and DMFT. It was assumed that the DMFT might have been influenced by both various predisposing conditions and factors of everyday life. Therefore two indices were made. A multiple classification analysis (MCA) was used to assess the relative importance of different background variables. Age, mother's education, everyday life factors and diagnosis were the variables showing the strongest association with DMFT. Children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, epilepsy and cystic fibrosis had a higher DMFT than the other diagnostic groups.

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Caries experience of disabled school‐age children

Storhaug

Holst

1987

Comm Dent Oral Epid

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“…When treating dental patients with special needs, their systemic diseases play a major role in treatment planning. Factors affecting treatment include the patient's systemic disease which may affect oral and dental tissues, and the medications they are taking, which may influence the course of the disease or the treatment efficiency 1 . Psychological or emotional factors may influence the patient's level of understanding and cooperation during and after treatment 1 …”

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“…In general, the term special needs may be divided into two main categories: patients who have systemic diseases (SD), and patients with developmental disabilities (DD), such as intellectual or cognitive deficits 1 …”

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Dental treatment of patients with systemic diseases compared to patients with developmental disabilities under general anesthesia

Peretz

Spierer

et al. 2012

Special Care in Dentistry

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The medical and dental records were examined for 46 patients with systemic diseases (SD) and 75 patients with developmental disabilities (DD) aged 2-20 years, who had received dental treatment under general anesthesia (GA). Age, gender, decayed missing and filled teeth (dmft/DMFT), dental procedures, duration of GA, and posttreatment hospitalization were recorded. Before treatment, dental disease in the primary teeth was significantly higher among the group with SD (p= 0.04). In the permanent teeth, dental disease was higher among the group with DD, though not significantly. More teeth were restored, (p= 0.015) and total dmft (p= 0.043) was significantly higher among subjects with SD. In the permanent teeth, more extracted and more restored teeth and higher DMFT were noted among subjects with DD, though not significantly. Only pulpectomies were significantly more prevalent among those with DD (p= 0.038). Six subjects needed hospitalization due to their diseases after GA.

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“…The educators of handicapped children though are well aware of the presence of oral problems such as bleeding gums, halitosis, and the presence of plaque or calculus; do not stress on the implications of these dental problem. Also skill, experience and enthusiasm of the general dental practitioner as being a limiting factor in the delivery of dental care to handicapped people (9). Historically, health education has addressed the life style and health issues associated with the norm of the population.…”

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Manual toothbrushing reinforced with audiovisual instruction versus powered toothbrushing among institutionalized mentally challenged subjects-A randomized cross-over clinical trial

Goyal¹,

Bonnet²,

Bhat³

et al. 2011

Med Oral

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Aim: To assess and compare the effectiveness of Manual toothbrushing reinforced with audiovisual instructions with powered toothbrushing, among the institutionalized mentally challenged individuals under supervision of trained caretakers. Materials and Methods: A randomized cross over clinical trial of 6 months duration which included 16 subjects consisting of two phases of three months, for each of the 2 groups. In group A subjects were given manual toothbrushes with audio-visual aid followed by the powered toothbrushes & vice versa for group B. All subjects were instructed by trained care takers.

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Dental care for the handicapped

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Caries experience of disabled school‐age children

Caries experience of disabled school‐age children

Dental treatment of patients with systemic diseases compared to patients with developmental disabilities under general anesthesia

Manual toothbrushing reinforced with audiovisual instruction versus powered toothbrushing among institutionalized mentally challenged subjects-A randomized cross-over clinical trial

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