Oral Health Status of Children with Cerebral Palsy attending Center for Individuals with Special Health care Needs

INTRODUCTION: Despite advances in dental care in recent decades, the oral health of people with disabilities remains poor. The treatment of children with special health care needs (CSHCN) presents challenges for the dentists that may ultimately become a barrier. Identification of barriers can be the first step in addressing the deficiencies in dental care for such patients. AIM: To identify barriers to oral/dental care for CSHCN as perceived by dentists Materials and Methods: 110 randomly selected dental professionals were interviewed through a validated questionnaire for their perceived barriers to provide oral health care for CSHCN RESULTS: Majority of respondents attended CSHCN (77.3%) and mostly provided restorations, oral hygiene instructions including preventive measures and basic restorative care. Dentists perceived concern regarding medical history (50%) and patient co-operation (38%) as the main barriers to provide dental care to CSHCN. CONCLUSION: Our findings conclude that majority of dentists are willing to treat CSHCN despite the challenges they faced. Minimizing the barriers is essential to provide comprehensive dental care to CSHCN.

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CRITERIA FOR SELECTING SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS PATIENTS FOR GENERAL ANESTHESIA IN DENTAL TREATMENT: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

International Journal of Advanced Research ◽

10.21474/ijar01/13937 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (12) ◽

pp. 507-515

Author(s):

Nourah Al-Lwemi ◽

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Nuha Al-Shalabi ◽

Noor Al-Basheeti ◽

Hafsa Yasser ◽

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Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Health Care ◽

Dental Treatment ◽

Oral Health Status ◽

Special Health Care Needs ◽

Health Care Needs ◽

Care Needs ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Special Health Care ◽

Special Health

Objective:This systematic review aimed to investigate the available evidence on how to decide whether your special health care needs patient needs GA for dental treatments or not. Materials and methods:A systematic search was conducted in four electronic databases PubMed, Google Scholar, ResearchGate and SDL. The search was restricted to articles published between 2005 and 2020. Publications reporting on the special health care needs patients dental treatment were included. The papers were analyzed regarding title and abstract contents to eliminate the ones that were out of context and not relevant to the review. Results:The search strategy resulted in 99 unique and potentially relevant articles. In total, 6 publications which include 5 retrospective articles and one cross-sectional study were selected. Conclusions:The main standards for selecting patients for hospitalized dental treatments include a full analysis of SNP including their medical history, behavior and emotional factors, oral health status, allergies, social and non-clinical factors, and caregivers factors. It is important for general dentists and families of these patients to be acquainted with the procedure, its need, and its contraindications.

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SPECIAL NEEDS OF SPECIAL CHILDREN-PARENTAL VIEW

Journal of Health and Allied Sciences NU ◽

10.1055/s-0040-1703887 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 05 (02) ◽

pp. 038-044

Author(s):

Amitha M. Hegde ◽

Aiswarya Ann Babu ◽

Anshad Mohammed ◽

Anu John ◽

Kanwardeep Singh ◽

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Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Oral Health ◽

Special Health Care Needs ◽

Health Care Needs ◽

Treatment Needs ◽

Care Needs ◽

Special Health Care ◽

Medical Needs ◽

Dental Needs ◽

Special Health

AbstractIndividuals with special health care needs experience poor oral hygiene and periodontal status and are more likely to have unmet dental needs than any other medical needs. The study was conducted to assess the views, attitudes and perceptions of oral health and treatment needs among the parents of 250 children with disabilities at 3 special schools in Mangalore based on questionnaire method. Data collected were subjected to statistical analysis.The educational status of the parents were assessed and it was seen that more than 50% of the parents had school education of class 10 and below. 52% of the parents felt that dental treatment is not as important medical treatment and 69 % of the parent's preferred general dentist and only 12.3% had consulted Pedodontist for any dental needs of their children. Only 11% followed a regular dental check-up and 57% of the parents interviewed visited dentist only when required. 30% of the parents reported lack of awareness as the greatest barrier faced by them in rendering dental care for their children.There was a generalised lack of information regarding oral health and treatment needs seen among the parents of the children with special health care needs. The level of knowledge appeared to be low and the parents were not aware of the unique problems faced by these children.

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