Dentition status and treatment needs among institutionalized hearing and speech impaired children in Himachal Pradesh in India: A cross-sectional study

Bhardwaj, Vinay Kumar; Fotedar, Shailee; Sharma, Kapil; Luthra, Rajeshwar Prasad; Jhingta, Pravesh; Sharma, Deepak

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“…Also, it has been reported that dental treatment is the greatest unattended health need of the disabled. 7 This may be related to the barriers of seeking dental care, such as treatment cost, accessibility of facilities, fear of pain, acceptability of dentistry, and perception of dental need by children and parents. 8 Oral hygiene among children and young adults with hearing impairment was significantly associated with age, economic status, and parents' education, especially maternal education.…”

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Mothers view about oral health status, oral hygiene behaviors, and dental services utilization of their children with hearing impairment attending special schools

Rajabloo

Pakkhesal

Alhosseini

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Special Care in Dentistry

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Aim: Parents are the principal decision-makers regarding their child's health. Awareness of mothers' view about their children's health, particularly with special health care needs (SHCN) (include hearing impaired children), is essential for health care providers. Therefore, the present study aimed to assess the mothers view about oral health status, oral hygiene practices, and dental services utilization of their children with hearing impairment attending special schools. Methods:A cross-sectional study was conducted between May and September 2020 among mothers of students with hearing impairment attending special schools. Also, the telephone structured interview was used to gathering mothers view. Results: 57.4% of the mothers rated their children's oral health status as excellent or good, 27.9% as moderate, and 14.7% as poor. About half of the mothers (49.2%) stated that their children used toothbrushes once daily, and 15% use dental floss. Also, 54% of the children visited the dentist before this survey's conduct. Conclusion:The findings of the present study suggest that children with hearing impairment can also have good oral health status and behaviors. These results may be attributed to the fact that the study sample was taken from two special schools. Also, only the mothers' perception assessment of students' oral health status was done. Further studies are required to increase the strength of evidence.

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Mothers view about oral health status, oral hygiene behaviors, and dental services utilization of their children with hearing impairment attending special schools

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Alhosseini

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Oral Health Status and Caries Activity in Special Children with Hearing and Speech Impairment

Kumari¹,

Kapoor²,

Bhatia³

2019

Journal of South Asian Association of Pediatric Dentistry

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Purpose:The oral health status in special children is a major problem due to the lack of manual dexterity and inability to understand the importance of oral health. A cross-sectional survey was conducted to check the oral health status of special children with hearing and speech problems. Materials and methods: A total of 360 hearing and speech impaired children aged 6-16 years attending three special schools in Delhi, India, were included in the present study. Various oral health parameters, viz., dental caries, dental traumatic injuries, gingival health, developmental defects of enamel, malocclusion, caries activity, and unmet treatment needs were recorded. Results: The prevalence of dental caries was found to be 73.7% with a mean Decayed missing filled teeth (DMFT) and decayed missing filled teeth (dmft) of 1.15 ± 1.71 and 1.38 ± 2.27, respectively; the differences between gender were statistically not significant (p value > 0.05). Around 68% of children were in need of preventive care, and 52.5% children needed one surface filling. Around 84% of children had moderate gingivitis. The mean gingival index score was 1.20 ± 0.15; the difference between gender and age groups was statistically not significant (p value > 0.05). Dental traumatic injuries were observed in 2.8% of children. Developmental defects of enamel were observed in 13.8% of children. Angles' class I malocclusion was prevalent in 28.1% of children. High caries activity was observed in 61.4% of children. Conclusion: A high prevalence of dental caries, high caries activity, poor gingival health, and extensive unmet oral health needs were observed in hearing and speech impaired children, thus emphasizing the need of educating parents/caretakers to prevent and treat dental diseases in these special children.

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Dentition status and treatment needs among institutionalized hearing and speech impaired children in Himachal Pradesh in India: A cross-sectional study

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Oral Health Status and Caries Activity in Special Children with Hearing and Speech Impairment

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