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Oral Health Status among Children with Cerebral Palsy in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to assess the oral health status of children with cerebral palsy (CP) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Eighty-four CP and 125 healthy children were recruited from special needs centers and private/public schools in Dubai. A dental...

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Autores principales: Al Hashmi, Haifa, Kowash, Mawlood, Hassan, Amar, Al Halabi, Manal
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5730977/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29285470
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jispcd.JISPCD_295_17
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author Al Hashmi, Haifa
Kowash, Mawlood
Hassan, Amar
Al Halabi, Manal
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Kowash, Mawlood
Hassan, Amar
Al Halabi, Manal
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description OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to assess the oral health status of children with cerebral palsy (CP) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Eighty-four CP and 125 healthy children were recruited from special needs centers and private/public schools in Dubai. A dental examination for decayed-missing-filled teeth in primary dentition (dmft)/Decayed-Missing-Filled teeth in permanent dentition (DMFT) indices, simplified oral hygiene index, calculus index (CI), and oral debris index was conducted. In addition, assessments of occlusal, dentofacial, soft tissue anomalies and erosion were conducted. Statistical analysis was conducted using SPSS for Windows, version 20.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). RESULTS: DMFT/dmft scores were comparable in both groups. CI was significantly higher among children with CP. CP patients had a significantly higher proportion of anterior open bite, anterior spacing, Class II molar Angle malocclusion, trauma, high-arched palate, tongue thrust, lymphadenopathy, angular cheilitis, macroglossia, drooling, and erosion as compared to controls. CONCLUSIONS: The study highlighted peculiar characteristics and needs for the CP patients in Dubai, UAE.
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spelling pubmed-57309772017-12-28 Oral Health Status among Children with Cerebral Palsy in Dubai, United Arab Emirates Al Hashmi, Haifa Kowash, Mawlood Hassan, Amar Al Halabi, Manal J Int Soc Prev Community Dent Original Article OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to assess the oral health status of children with cerebral palsy (CP) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Eighty-four CP and 125 healthy children were recruited from special needs centers and private/public schools in Dubai. A dental examination for decayed-missing-filled teeth in primary dentition (dmft)/Decayed-Missing-Filled teeth in permanent dentition (DMFT) indices, simplified oral hygiene index, calculus index (CI), and oral debris index was conducted. In addition, assessments of occlusal, dentofacial, soft tissue anomalies and erosion were conducted. Statistical analysis was conducted using SPSS for Windows, version 20.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). RESULTS: DMFT/dmft scores were comparable in both groups. CI was significantly higher among children with CP. CP patients had a significantly higher proportion of anterior open bite, anterior spacing, Class II molar Angle malocclusion, trauma, high-arched palate, tongue thrust, lymphadenopathy, angular cheilitis, macroglossia, drooling, and erosion as compared to controls. CONCLUSIONS: The study highlighted peculiar characteristics and needs for the CP patients in Dubai, UAE. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017-11 2017-11-30 /pmc/articles/PMC5730977/ /pubmed/29285470 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jispcd.JISPCD_295_17 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Journal of International Society of Preventive and Community Dentistry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Al Hashmi, Haifa
Kowash, Mawlood
Hassan, Amar
Al Halabi, Manal
Oral Health Status among Children with Cerebral Palsy in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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title_fullStr Oral Health Status among Children with Cerebral Palsy in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
title_full_unstemmed Oral Health Status among Children with Cerebral Palsy in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
title_short Oral Health Status among Children with Cerebral Palsy in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
title_sort oral health status among children with cerebral palsy in dubai, united arab emirates
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5730977/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29285470
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jispcd.JISPCD_295_17
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