Oral health in children with special needs

Children with special health care needs.

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 Excepcionais diagnosed as Down syndrome, cerebral palsy and intellectual deficit. For data collection...

Interprofessional educational partnerships in school health for children with special oral health needs.

Dental caries is an infectious yet preventable disease that is rampant in some subpopulations in the United States, in particular among individuals with neurodevelopmental/intellectual disabilities (ND/ID). This article reports on the implementation and evaluation of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (LSUHSC) School of Dentistry interprofessional school health educational mo...

General health and its relationship with personality traits among mothers of children with special needs

Health and wellbeing of mothers of children with special needs as a vulnerable group in society is very important. Mental health is affected by many variables, the most important of which are personality traits. The aim of this study was to examine general health and its relationship with personality traits among mothers of children with special needs. This study used a comparative design. The ...

Policy on Emergency Oral Care for Infants, Children, Adolescents, and Individuals with Special Health Care Needs.

The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) recognizes emergency care for infants, children, adolescents, and individuals with special health care needs is an essential duty of every dentist. The American Dental Association’s Principles of Ethics and Code of Professional Conduct states that “dentists shall be obliged to make reasonable arrangements for the emergency care of their patient...