Oral health care for Chinese adults with special needs

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wensheng Rong
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Special Needs ◽  
Oral Health Care ◽  
Chinese Adults ◽  
Adults With Special Needs

scholarly journals Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices of Dental Practitioners in Thiruvananthapuram on Oral Health Care for Children with Special Needs

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 251-254
Author(s):  
Sobha Kuriakose ◽  
Soumya Rajan ◽  
Bobby J Varghese ◽  
Firoz Asharaf ◽  
Suprasidh Suprakasam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Special Needs ◽  
Oral Health Care ◽  
Children With Special Needs ◽  
Dental Practitioners

Pediatric Dentistry Specialty as Part of a Longer Continuum of Care: A Commentary

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (5) ◽  
pp. 341-344
Author(s):  
H Barry Waldman ◽  
Rick Rader ◽  
Stephen Sulkes ◽  
Steven P Perlman
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Special Needs ◽  
Oral Health Care ◽  
Pediatric Dentistry ◽  
Special Health Care Needs ◽  
Health Care Needs ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Special Health Care ◽  
Special Health

The transition of teenagers with special needs to young adulthood is a complex period for the children and their families. This transition is especially difficult when it comes to securing needed oral health care. The teenager is forced to transfer from the services of an age defined pediatric dental specialist with training to provide care for individuals with special needs, to 1) general practitioners with limited formal training and often unwillingness to provide care and 2) at a period when most states provide limited or lack of adult dental Medicaid programs. These issues and the need to expand pediatric dental specialist involvement in the general transitional period are reviewed.“Pediatric dentistry is an age-defined specialty that provides both primary and comprehensive preventive and therapeutic oral health care for infants and children through adolescence, including those with special health care needs.”1“Our system of preparing and maintaining our abilities to provide oral health services for an increasing diverse population must be brought up to date to meet the challenges posed by the treatment of young adults with disabilities.”2“Most responding dentists (to a national study of pediatric dentists) helped adolescents with and without SHCNs (Special Health Care Needs) make the transition into adult care, but the major barrier was the availability of general dentists and specialists.”3

Barriers to Oral health care in patients with special needs-A Cross-sectional study

2021 ◽  
pp. 2167-2171
Author(s):  
Nandhini Subramaniam ◽  
Arvind Muthukrishnan
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Special Needs ◽  
Dental Care ◽  
Dental Treatment ◽  
Oral Health Care ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Patients With Special Needs

Aim- This cross-sectional study aimed to identify the barriers to receive oral care among patients with special health care needs. Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among 50 patients seeking dental treatment in the special care unit of Oral medicine department. A self-administered questionnaire was employed for data collection. Results: It was found that nearly 56% of respondents listed fear towards dental treatment as an important barrier which in turn prevents them from gaining access to dental care. Around 52% of patients considered their underlying medical problem as a reason for not seeking dental care as their comorbid condition would increase their fear of dental treatment, 43% of patients considered physical barriers or in need of caretakers as a barrier to Dental care. 10% of the population stated that they do not have barriers to access Dental care. Conclusion: The major barriers to oral health care utilization among patients with special needs were fear-related and hence these patients need attention towards fear alleviation and make dental care painless and simple.

Older Americans' access to oral health care

1988 ◽  
Vol 52 (11) ◽  
pp. 637-642 ◽  
Author(s):  
TA Dolan ◽  
CR Corey ◽  
HE Freeman
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Oral Health Care ◽  
Older Americans
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