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Oral health evaluation in special needs individuals
OBJECTIVE: To identify the prevalence of the main oral problems present in special needs children and to relate the underlying conditions with the clinical and demographic variables. METHODS: The study was based on the physical examination of 47 students from the Associação de Pais e Amigos dos Exce...
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Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5221376/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28076597 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1679-45082016AO3712 |
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author | Pini, Danielle de Moraes Fröhlich, Paula Cristina Gil Ritter Rigo, Lilian |
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description | OBJECTIVE: To identify the prevalence of the main oral problems present in special needs children and to relate the underlying conditions with the clinical and demographic variables. METHODS: The study was based on the physical examination of 47 students from the Associação de Pais e Amigos dos Excepcionais diagnosed as Down syndrome, cerebral palsy and intellectual deficit. For data collection, we used a self-administered questionnaire that included indices of dental caries and oral hygiene, Angle classification, malposition of dental groups and oral hygiene habits. RESULTS: The predominant age group was 12-25 years (46.8%) and most patients were male (55.3%). Regarding daily brushing, 63.8% reported brushing their teeth three times a day, and 85.1% did it by themselves. A total of 48.9% were rated as Angle class I, and 25.5% had no type of malocclusion. A high dental carries index (decayed, missing, filled >10) was observed in 44.7%, and 53.2% had inadequate oral hygiene (zero to 1.16). There was a statistically significant difference between cerebral palsy and the act of the participants brushing their teeth by themselves. CONCLUSION: There was a high decayed-missing-filled teeth index and malocclusion class I, as well as inadequate oral hygiene. The type of underlying condition of the participants influenced the act of brushing teeth by themselves. |
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spelling | pubmed-52213762017-02-03 Oral health evaluation in special needs individuals Pini, Danielle de Moraes Fröhlich, Paula Cristina Gil Ritter Rigo, Lilian Einstein (Sao Paulo) Original Article OBJECTIVE: To identify the prevalence of the main oral problems present in special needs children and to relate the underlying conditions with the clinical and demographic variables. METHODS: The study was based on the physical examination of 47 students from the Associação de Pais e Amigos dos Excepcionais diagnosed as Down syndrome, cerebral palsy and intellectual deficit. For data collection, we used a self-administered questionnaire that included indices of dental caries and oral hygiene, Angle classification, malposition of dental groups and oral hygiene habits. RESULTS: The predominant age group was 12-25 years (46.8%) and most patients were male (55.3%). Regarding daily brushing, 63.8% reported brushing their teeth three times a day, and 85.1% did it by themselves. A total of 48.9% were rated as Angle class I, and 25.5% had no type of malocclusion. A high dental carries index (decayed, missing, filled >10) was observed in 44.7%, and 53.2% had inadequate oral hygiene (zero to 1.16). There was a statistically significant difference between cerebral palsy and the act of the participants brushing their teeth by themselves. CONCLUSION: There was a high decayed-missing-filled teeth index and malocclusion class I, as well as inadequate oral hygiene. The type of underlying condition of the participants influenced the act of brushing teeth by themselves. Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC5221376/ /pubmed/28076597 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1679-45082016AO3712 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Pini, Danielle de Moraes Fröhlich, Paula Cristina Gil Ritter Rigo, Lilian Oral health evaluation in special needs individuals |
title | Oral health evaluation in special needs individuals |
title_full | Oral health evaluation in special needs individuals |
title_fullStr | Oral health evaluation in special needs individuals |
title_full_unstemmed | Oral health evaluation in special needs individuals |
title_short | Oral health evaluation in special needs individuals |
title_sort | oral health evaluation in special needs individuals |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5221376/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28076597 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1679-45082016AO3712 |
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