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Southeastern European Medical Journal : SEEMEDJ, Vol. 5 No. 1, 2021.

Pregledni rad

https://doi.org/10.26332/seemedj.v5i1.176

Importance of Oral Hygiene and Maintaining Oral Health in Persons With Disabilities

Martina Juzbašić orcid id orcid.org/0000-0001-9211-6251 ; Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek; Interdisciplinary University Study of Molecular Biosciences, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatia
Davor Seifert ; Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatia
Matej Tomas orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-7933-3371 ; Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek; Interdisciplinary University Study of Molecular Biosciences, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatia
Marija Čandrlić orcid id orcid.org/0000-0003-2932-7157 ; Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek; Faculty of Medicine Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
Marko Matijević orcid id orcid.org/0000-0001-8585-4942 ; Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia

Puni tekst: engleski pdf 163 Kb

str. 170-175

preuzimanja: 349

citiraj

Sažetak

This paper aims to approximate and facilitate the routine of daily oral hygiene for persons with disabilities, as well as to emphasize the importance of educating persons with disabilities and their caregivers about oral health as an essential part of overall health. Desk research of electronic databases was conducted with the aim of writing this paper, using the following keywords: ‘oral hygiene’, ‘dental plaque’, ‘oral health’ and ‘persons with disabilities’. Literature research has shown that persons with disabilities have poor oral hygiene, as well as that there is a lack of education among them and their caregivers about the importance of oral health and proper oral hygiene. Poor oral hygiene can affect a person’s quality of life due to discomfort during eating, bad breath, poor self-esteem, pain, and disturbed sleep, which is a result of caries or other diseases of the oral cavity. Maintaining oral health is an essential part of overall health.

Ključne riječi

oral health; oral hygiene; persons with disabilities; dental plaque

Hrčak ID:

256823

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/256823

Datum izdavanja:

28.4.2021.

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