Oral health survey of 6-12-year-old children with disabilities attending special schools in Chennai, India

2013 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 424-433 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seby J. Gardens ◽  
Madhusudan Krishna ◽  
Sajith Vellappally ◽  
Hamad Alzoman ◽  
Hassan S. Halawany ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Health Survey ◽  
Children With Disabilities ◽  
Special Schools

scholarly journals Oral health status of disabled children attending special schools of Dhaka city

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-35
Author(s):  
Md Rakibul Hassan Khan ◽  
Mottakin Ahmad ◽  
Md Meftaul Islam ◽  
Shaikh Ahmed ◽  
Md Rubayet Alam Prodhan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Dental Caries ◽  
Children With Disabilities ◽  
Dental Treatment ◽  
Oral Health Status ◽  
Dhaka City ◽  
Disabled Children ◽  
Special Schools ◽  
Oral Hygiene Practice

Background: Children with disabilities and special needs present unique challenges for oral health professionals in the planning and carrying out of dental treatment. oral health care workers need to take cognizance of when preparing treatment plans for children with special needs. Children with disabilities are considered to be a high risk group for dental diseases specially dental caries and periodontal disease. High rates of dental caries, missing teeth, periodontal disease and malocclusion are all indicators of poor oral health of children with disabilities. Objectives:The aim of the study was to assess the oral health status of disabled children in special schools of Dhaka city. Study design: This was a cross sectional study. Study settings and period: The study was conducted in two elementary schools at mirpur area of Dhaka city in the period between of between february 2014 to January 2015. Subjects: 200 disabled children with the age range from 6 to 14 belonging to six different disability groups were examined. Participants were grouped according to their type of disability autistic children, Down syndrome, Cerebralpulsy, mute and deaf, blind and physical disability. Methods: Data was collected by using semi structured quationnaire and checklist.Datawere analyzed by statistical package of social science(SPSS- 20). Results: According to disability the participants autistic 44%, cerebral pulsy 37%, down syndrome 35%, blind 28%, deaf and mute 30% and physical disability 30%.The average number of decayed tooth was found 6.89%. Mean DMFT value was 4.75. Average number of missing tooth was 1.89%.Prevalence of dental caries highest 71% in autistic children then other cetagory of disabilty .Oral hygiene practice of the respondent found very poor.76% children brush teeth in the morning and once in a day.49% respondent use toothpick to clean food from in between teeth.37% of the respondent never visited to dentist. 34.5% respondents had normal gingiva, 49% had mild gingivitis and 16.5% had marked gingivitis. Highest numbers of trauma cases were recorded in visually impaired group. 98.7% children required some form of dental treatment. Conclusion: Oral health status of children with disabilities was poor and it is important to concentrate on a preventive approach and provide proper dental education to parents of disabled childrens. More attention should be paid to the oral hygiene practice of disabled children Update Dent. Coll. j: 2019; 9 (2): 32-35

scholarly journals Inequalities in Oral Health for Children with Disabilities: A French National Survey in Special Schools

PLoS ONE ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. e2564 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martine Hennequin ◽  
Véronique Moysan ◽  
Didier Jourdan ◽  
Martine Dorin ◽  
Emmanuel Nicolas
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
National Survey ◽  
Children With Disabilities ◽  
Special Schools

Oral Health Survey of 6-14-Year-Old Children with Disabilities Attending Special Schools Yemen

2015 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 272-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
SA Al-Maweri ◽  
S Zimmer
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Dental Caries ◽  
Oral Hygiene ◽  
Children With Disabilities ◽  
Dental Treatment ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Oral Health Status ◽  
Treatment Needs ◽  
Special Schools ◽  
Cross Sectional

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess the oral health status and treatment needs of children with disabilities attending special schools in Sana’a, Yemen. Study design: This cross-sectional study involved 401 children with different disabilities aged between 6 and 14 years. Dental caries was evaluated using DMFT/dmft indices in accordance with WHO criteria. The plaque index (PI) and the gingival index (GI) were used to assess oral hygiene and gingival health, respectively. Results : The mean dmft and DMFT scores of the total population were 4.27 and 1.90 respectively, with no significant differences across gender (p>0.05). According to the type of disability, the physically disabled had the highest mean dmft of 4.68 (SD 3.30) and subjects with compound disabilities had the highest mean DMFT of 2.85 (SD 1.98). Among the disability groups, the blind had the highest PI and GI scores, and the deaf had the lowest. Majority of the children were on need for specific type of dental treatment. Conclusion: This study suggests that children with disabilities have a high prevalence of dental caries and poor oral hygiene.

Korean National Oral Health Survey Data on the Symmetry of Primary Dentition Surface Caries

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (6) ◽  
pp. 450-453 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ah-Hyeon Kim ◽  
Eun-sukAhn ◽  
Youn-Soo Shim ◽  
Yong-Ouk You ◽  
Eun-Young Jeon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Health Survey ◽  
Primary Dentition ◽  
Health Survey Data

scholarly journals Prevalence of Anterior Tooth Fracture due to Trauma

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaheen Abootty ◽  
Shruthi Attavar
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Health Survey ◽  
Common Type ◽  
Etiological Factor ◽  
Anterior Tooth ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Tooth Fracture ◽  
Class 1 ◽  
Conservative Dentistry ◽  
Type Of Fracture

ABSTRACT Aim To evaluate the prevalence of anterior tooth fracture due to trauma in 2000 patients randomly from the population of south Canara district. Materials and methods The present study was conducted on 2000 patients attending the Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, AB Shetty Dental College, Mangalore, and rural satellite centers of Nitte University. Each patient was examined for anterior tooth fracture due to trauma under dental chair in a good illumination of light using sterilized mouth mirror, explorer, tweezer and teeth are isolated by cotton roles. The patient who had anterior tooth fracture were questioned with a standard questionnaire from oral health survey WHO format 2013, to find its relation associated to age, gender, location, occupation, etiology, type of fracture and its relation to molar. Results According to the present study, prevalence of anterior tooth fracture due to trauma in south Canara population was low and found to be 18.8% with increase in prevalence in males (56.2%) between the age group of 36 and 45 years (33.2%), common etiological factor seen was falls (44.7%). The most common type of fracture was enamel-dentine fracture (44.7%) with class 1 molar relation (55.6%). Conclusion The prevalence of anterior tooth fracture due to trauma was most commonly seen in males with increased prevalence in age group between 36 and 45 years, common etiological factor being falls, type of fracture most commonly seen are cases with enamel-dentine fracture with class 1 molar relation. How to cite this article Hegde MN, Abootty S, Attavar S. Prevalence of Anterior Tooth Fracture due to Trauma. World J Dent 2015;6(2):77-81.

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