Dental trauma in Brazilian children and adolescents with cerebral palsy

Cerebral palsy (CP) is a condition caused by brain damage before, during, or shortly after birth. Communication can be a challenge when treating patients with CP. Some patients can communicate verbally, while others use augmentative alternative communication tools or have individualized means of communication. Therefore, professional dental treatment in individuals with CP is challenging, especially if the patient is affected by dental trauma and requires emergency treatment. This report shows how individualized communication skills assessment allowed us to successfully manage a 9‐year‐old patient with CP, who suffered extrusive luxation of the permanent lower incisor. In the present case, the teeth were repositioned briefly after the trauma had occurred and then stabilized with a flexible splint according to international guidelines. The teeth remained vital and periodontal repair was observed during the 4‐year follow‐up.

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A 4‐year follow‐up case of extrusive luxation in a patient with cerebral palsy

Ramírez

Krämer

Lopez

et al. 2019

“…However, adequate oral care performance is not always achieved due to the directly proportional relationship between severity of the neurological alteration and the difficulty demonstrated by these individuals to receive adequate oral care . Thus, epidemiological studies have shown high rates of oral complaints in individuals with CP …”

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“…4,5 Thus, epidemiological studies have shown high rates of oral complaints in individuals with CP. [5][6][7][8][9] Nevertheless, the interest of investigating the quality of life of this population and developing health strategies to provide better health conditions and well-being to individuals affected with CP have increased in the scientific community. 10,11 In the biomedical area, Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) refers to the individual's satisfaction and well-being in the physical, psychological, social, economic, and spiritual domains.…”

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Factors associated with health and oral health–related quality of life of children and adolescents with cerebral palsy

Cardoso

Medeiros

Gomes

et al. 2018

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“…There is a high risk of dental injury in children with malocclusions, as a result of nonnutritive oral habits (NNOH), when compared with children with normal occlusion . Children with special needs of health are at higher risk of TDI than children without these conditions due to characteristics related to cognitive impairment, psychomotor and behavioral disorder …”

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Retrospective study of dental trauma in children with autism spectrum disorders: a paired study

Andrade

Dutra

Fernandes³

et al. 2016

The objective was to evaluate the history of traumatic dental injury (TDI) among children with and without autism spectrum disorders (ASD) at the Centro Integrado de Educação Especial (CIES), in Teresina, Brazil. The dental records of 228 children, 114 with ASD (SG = study group) and 114 without ASD (CG = control group), paired by age, gender and socioeconomic characteristics between January 2007 and September 2014 were reviewed. Data were analyzed using chi-square test and multivariate logistic regression (alpha = 5.0%). Dental trauma in SG was lower than in the CG (24.6% and 41.2%, respectively, p = 0.007). The risk of trauma was lower among males in SG (OR: 0.35; 95%CI: 0.18 to 0.67). The likelihood of TDI in SG was 3.17 higher in females than that of males (p = 0.040). The prevalence of TDI was lower in ASD individuals compared to controls. Dental trauma was higher among ASD girls than ASD boys.