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Oral Health Status of the Visually Impaired Children – A South Indian Study

  • Vabitha Shetty1
  • Amitha M Hegde1,*,
  • Srikala Bhandary1
  • Kavita Rai1

1Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Children Dentistry, A. B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences

DOI: 10.17796/jcpd.34.3.j4781g2w8891848u Vol.34,Issue 3,May 2010 pp.213-216

Published: 01 May 2010

*Corresponding Author(s): Amitha M Hegde E-mail: amipedo@yahoo.co.in chinkushri@ gmail.com

Abstract

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.

Keywords

visually impaired children, oral health

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Vabitha Shetty,Amitha M Hegde,Srikala Bhandary,Kavita Rai. Oral Health Status of the Visually Impaired Children – A South Indian Study. Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry. 2010. 34(3);213-216.

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