Original scientific paper
A comparative analysis of oral health in mentally retarded and normal children
Vesna Barac-Furtinović
; Klinički bolnički centar, Stomatološka klinika Zagreb, Hrvatska
Alenka Rajić
; Klinički bolnički centar, Stomatološka klinika Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
This study was undertaken to find the differences in the prevalence of
caries between mentally retarded and normal children, as well as the effect of mental retardation on the severity of teeth and the correlation between the degree of mental retardation and gingivoperiodontal diseases. A group of 119 children with moderate, severe of profound mental retardation were examined. A significant difference in the prevalence of caries was recorded between a subgroup of severely retarded children and normal children. The severity of caries was found to decline, and hypodontia and oral mucosa diseases to increase with the degree of mental retardation.
Keywords
mental retardation; oral health
Hrčak ID:
105115
URI
Publication date:
15.6.1987.
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