Sanjay Venkataraam, Shetty Sumanth M, Shetty Rashmi G, Managoli Noopur A, Gugawad Sachin C, Hitesh D
Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Coorg Institute of Dental Sciences, Karnataka, India.
Department of Pedodontics & Preventive Dentistry, SGT Dental College, Gurgaon, Haryana, India.
J Int Oral Health. 2014 Feb;6(1):55-8. Epub 2014 Feb 26.
This study was planned to assess the dental caries status among disabled children as dental health is an integral part of general body health and this group is deprived of health care needs.
MATERIALS & METHODS: A sample of 310 disabled children was gathered including 195- Hearing impaired, 115 - blind. Of which 226 were males and 84 were females. A study questionnaire was prepared to include demographic information and WHO oral health assessment form (1997) to record dental caries status.Data was analysed using student's test and ANOVA test was used at p≤0.05.
The overall mean for DMFT scores for males and females was 2.11 (1.753) and 1.75 (1.275) respectively. Similarly overall mean for dft was 0.31 (0.254) for males and 0.27 (0.143) for females. Mean DMFT of blind students was more as compared to hearing impaired ones as 2.16 (2.005) and 1.80 (1.264) respectively. Age factor showed a significant increase in the mean DMFT scores with advancing age at p ≤ 0.001.
Overall mean scores of caries was very high and it increased with increasing age. Blind children experienced more caries then hearing impaired children in permanent, whereas it was opposite in primary dentition. So there is urgent need of both comprehensive and incremental dental care for this subgroup of population. How to cite the article: Sanjay V, Shetty SM, Shetty RG, Managoli NA, Gugawad SC, Hitesh D. Dental health status among sensory impaired and blind institutionalized children aged 6 to 20 years. J Int Oral Health 2014;6(1):55-8.
本研究旨在评估残疾儿童的龋齿状况，因为牙齿健康是整体身体健康的重要组成部分，而这一群体的医疗保健需求未得到满足。
收集了310名残疾儿童的样本，其中195名听力受损，115名失明。其中男性226名，女性84名。编制了一份研究问卷，包括人口统计学信息和世界卫生组织口腔健康评估表（1997年）以记录龋齿状况。使用学生检验进行数据分析，p≤0.05时使用方差分析检验。
男性和女性的DMFT得分总体均值分别为2.11（1.753）和1.75（1.275）。同样，男性的dft总体均值为0.31（0.254），女性为0.27（0.143）。失明学生的平均DMFT高于听力受损学生，分别为2.16（2.005）和1.80（1.264）。年龄因素显示，随着年龄增长，平均DMFT得分显著增加，p≤0.001。
龋齿总体平均得分非常高，且随年龄增长而增加。在恒牙列中，失明儿童比听力受损儿童患龋更多，而在乳牙列中情况相反。因此，迫切需要为这一亚人群体提供全面和渐进性的牙科护理。如何引用本文：Sanjay V, Shetty SM, Shetty RG, Managoli NA, Gugawad SC, Hitesh D. 6至20岁感觉障碍和失明的机构化儿童的牙齿健康状况。《国际口腔健康杂志》2014；6(1):55-8。
