Binti Rani Chand1, Sadanand Kulkarni2, Nanjunda K V Swamy3, Yash Bafna4. 1. Post Graduate Student, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Sri Aurobindo College of Dentistry , Indore, India . 2. Professor and Head, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Sri Aurobindo College of Dentistry , Indore, India . 3. Professor, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Sri Aurobindo College of Dentistry , Indore, India . 4. Senior Lecturer, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Sri Aurobindo College of Dentistry , Indore, India .
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Children and adolescents with disabilities appear to have poorer oral health than their non-disabled counterparts. Individuals with disabilities or illnesses receive less oral care than the normal population. OBJECTIVE: To determine the dentition status, treatment needs and risk predictors for dental caries of the institutionalized disabled individuals. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted with pre-tested questionnaire among 330 institutionalised disabled individuals in the age range from 3 to 22 years. The Dentition status and treatment needs were assessed by using WHO Oral health Proforma 1997. ANOVA test, chi-square test and backward conditional logistic regression analysis were performed. RESULTS: The mean DMFT for all the groups was 1.26 and the mean deft was 0.59. Backward conditional logistic regression revealed that only age categories and disability types were significantly associated with dental caries. Individuals who were mentally retarded (OR=1.36) and in the age group of 13-17 y (OR=1.91) were more likely to develop dental caries. CONCLUSION: The findings of the present study showed that overall caries experience was low but the treatment need was high among these institutionalized disabled individuals.
INTRODUCTION:Children and adolescents with disabilities appear to have poorer oral health than their non-disabled counterparts. Individuals with disabilities or illnesses receive less oral care than the normal population. OBJECTIVE: To determine the dentition status, treatment needs and risk predictors for dental caries of the institutionalized disabled individuals. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted with pre-tested questionnaire among 330 institutionalised disabled individuals in the age range from 3 to 22 years. The Dentition status and treatment needs were assessed by using WHO Oral health Proforma 1997. ANOVA test, chi-square test and backward conditional logistic regression analysis were performed. RESULTS: The mean DMFT for all the groups was 1.26 and the mean deft was 0.59. Backward conditional logistic regression revealed that only age categories and disability types were significantly associated with dental caries. Individuals who were mentally retarded (OR=1.36) and in the age group of 13-17 y (OR=1.91) were more likely to develop dental caries. CONCLUSION: The findings of the present study showed that overall caries experience was low but the treatment need was high among these institutionalized disabled individuals.