Dental Caries and Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) – A Review

Aim Dental caries in adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder A Review Objective Attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) adolescents have higher prevalence of caries. Background Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental psychiatric disorder in which there are significant problems with executive functions (e.g., attentional control and inhibitory control) that cause attention deficits, hyperactivity, or impulsiveness which is not appropriate for a person's age.ADHD is diagnosed approximately three times more in boys than in girls.About 30–50% of people diagnosed in childhood continue to have symptoms into adulthood and between 2–5% of adults have the condition. Reason My cousin being suffering from this disorder, encouraged me to undertake this research. KeywordsAttention , ADHD INTRODUCTION Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is defined as a life-long neurodevelopment disorder that often becomes apparent before age sevenThis disorder of the brain affects almost 4 to 9% of children in the U.S. Prevalence of this disorder has been found to be as extensive as 2 to 18% of the worldpopulation. Around 10 million cases are found in india itself every year . It is a chronic condition that begins in childhood and may continue upto adulthood.ADHD is found 3-6 times more in boys than in girls.Moreover , girls with ADHD are mostly under-diagnosed because due to less notable hyperactivity and less observable complications.The characteristic features of ADHD includes lots of motor activity, inappropriate developmental activity level, low frustration tolerance, impulsivity, poor organisationalbehaviour, distractibility, and inability to sustain attention and