Purohit Bharathi M, Acharya Shashidhar, Bhat Meghashyam
Department of Community Dentistry, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
Spec Care Dentist. 2010 Nov-Dec;30(6):235-41. doi: 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2010.00160.x. Epub 2010 Oct 19.
The aim of this study was to assess and compare oral health status and treatment needs of children with special healthcare needs (SHCN) between the ages of 5 and 15, with a matched group of healthy children, in Udupi District of South India. A cross-sectional study of 265 children with SHCN was compared to 310 healthy children to assess differences in periodontal status, dentition status, treatment needs, and dentofacial anomalies using the WHO criteria. Chi-square, t-test, and Z-tests were performed to compare different variables. p ≤ 0.05 was considered statistically significant. A significantly higher prevalence of caries (89.1%), malocclusion, and poorer periodontal status was observed among children with SHCN compared to the healthy control group. Improving the oral health of these children will require maintaining good oral hygiene practices, which can be achieved with appropriate target-based oral health approaches.
本研究的目的是评估和比较印度南部乌杜皮地区5至15岁有特殊医疗需求（SHCN）的儿童与一组匹配的健康儿童的口腔健康状况和治疗需求。对265名有特殊医疗需求的儿童进行横断面研究，并与310名健康儿童进行比较，以使用世界卫生组织标准评估牙周状况、牙列状况、治疗需求和牙面异常的差异。进行卡方检验、t检验和Z检验以比较不同变量。p≤0.05被认为具有统计学意义。与健康对照组相比，有特殊医疗需求的儿童中龋齿患病率（89.1%）、错牙合畸形和牙周状况较差的发生率显著更高。改善这些儿童的口腔健康需要保持良好的口腔卫生习惯，这可以通过适当的基于目标的口腔健康方法来实现。
