Oral health status of children and young adults with autism spectrum disorders: systematic review and meta‐analysis

Abstract

Prevalence of dental caries and periodontal disease in children and young adults with ASD can be considered as high, pointing to the need for oral health policies focused on these individuals.

Critical appraisal of methodological quality of Systematic Reviews and Meta‐analysis in Paediatric Dentistry journals

“…Full text retrieval was limited to 52 publications out of which 28 (Appendix ) were excluded due to absence of MA. Final selection identified 24 SRs with MA . The characteristics of the SRs with MA are presented in Table .…”

“…Among the study topics in Paediatric Dentistry, most of the SRs focused on preventive strategies (37.5%) followed by restorative procedures (16.6%), pediatric endodontic procedures (16.6%), and behavior management aspects (16.6%). On contacting the authors on the scores, eight out of 24 authors responded . Three authors agreed to the scores and five authors provided justification for changes in the scores.…”

“…On contacting the authors on the scores, eight out of 24 authors responded. 19,25,28,30,31,34,36,38 Three authors agreed to the scores and five authors provided justification for changes in the scores. Following deliberation of the responses, scores had been modified in Item 1 (priori design) in two studies, 19,34 Item 10 (Publication Bias) in one study 30 and Item 11 (Conflict of interest) in two studies.…”

Treating High-Caries Risk Occlusal Surfaces in First Permanent Molars through Sealants and Supervised Toothbrushing: A 3-Year Cost-Effective Analysis

“…A recent Cochrane review [da Silva et al, 2016] showed that oral health education programmes in combination with STB and fluoridated toothpaste may show a beneficial effect on dmfs (low-quality evidence) and dmft (low-quality evidence), but may show little effect on DMFS (low-quality evidence) and DMFT (moderate-quality evidence). This is in discordance with the high caries preventive effect of STB in first permanent molars in the present study after 3 years, which was not significantly different from CR and ART/HVGIC sealants.…”

Percepção do cuidador na qualidade de vida relacionado à saúde bucal de crianças e adolescentes com transtorno do espectro autista

“…Nossos resultados demonstram que um total de 16,2 % dos indivíduos de nossa amostra apresentou prevalência de cárie e só um 5,4% uma pobre higiene bucal. A dificuldade na realização da higiene bucal, que ocorre em resposta ahipersensibilida que transforma o contato físico e determinados sons em tortura para essos indivíduos, a falta de destreza manual, não cooperação e a pouca adesão dos pais/cuidadores com a escovação e uso do fio dental contribuem para a instalação de algumas doenças bucais (Subramaniam, Gupta, 2011).Uma revisão sistemática recente (2017) mostra que a prevalência média de cárie entre crianças e jovens adultos com TEA é de 60,6%, valor que difiereaos aqui observados (da Silva et al, 2017).Morales-Cháves, também em 2017, observou presença de cáries em 41,7% das crianças examinadas. (Monroy da Fonseca, 2006;Barnoy et al, 2009;El Khatib et al, 2014;Al-Shehaibany, 2017), observou que 87,3% de crianças com TEA apresentavam bruxismo.…”