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Oral Health Assessment by Lay Personnel for Older Adults
Published on: February 2, 2020
Oral health status of the visually impaired children--a south Indian study
Vabitha Shetty1, Amitha M Hegde, Srikala Bhandary
1Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Children Dentistry, A. B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Karnataka, India.
Unlabelled:
Oral health is an important aspect of health for all children, and is all the more important for children with special health needs. The oral health of children who are visually impaired can be disadvantaged, since they are often unable to adequately apply the techniques necessary to control plaque.
Purpose:
The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the oral health status of visually impaired children.
Method:
A modified WHO oral health assessment form was used to assess oral conditions, oral hygiene status, caries experience and gingival status.
Results And Conclusion:
The children exhibited suboptimal levels of oral health with majority of the children showing a high caries prevalence as well as moderate to severe gingivitis.
