Fernandez Carla, Kaschke Imke, Perlman Steven, Koehler Bjoern, Marks Luc
Dental School, Centre of Special Care in Dentistry, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent University, 185 P8 De Pintelaan, 9000, Gent, Belgium.
Special Olympics Germany, Healthy Athletes, Berlin, Germany.
Clin Oral Investig. 2015 Nov;19(8):1891-8. doi: 10.1007/s00784-015-1403-x. Epub 2015 Jan 21.
Special Olympics athletes, as part of the population with intellectual disabilities, are reported to be more vulnerable to dental injuries due to poor lip closure, slow response to environmental obstacles, oral pathologic reflexes, or dental features. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of dental trauma among Special Olympics athletes in countries of Europe and Eurasia.
A retrospective longitudinal study was performed with data collected through standardized Special Smiles screening forms and procedures from consenting 15,941 athletes participating in the annual Special Olympics held in 49 countries from Europe and Eurasia between 2007 and 2012. The data was compiled in an Excel worksheet and transferred to an SPSS data file in order to be analyzed.
A total of 2190 athletes presented dental injury (13.02%) with a std. deviation of 5.02%, and there were no significant differences (p = 0.136) in mean dental injury between age groups (one-way ANOVA test).
The present data suggest that dental trauma is an actual problem among individuals with special needs. The distribution of prevalence among the different countries had a remarkable variability, but it is evident that a relatively high proportion of this population is in need of dental trauma preventive programs.
据报道，作为智障人群的一部分，特殊奥林匹克运动会运动员由于唇部闭合不良、对环境障碍反应迟缓、口腔病理反射或牙齿特征等原因，更容易受到牙齿损伤。本研究的目的是评估欧洲和欧亚大陆国家特殊奥林匹克运动会运动员牙齿外伤的患病率。
进行了一项回顾性纵向研究，数据通过标准化的“特殊微笑”筛查表格和程序收集，来自2007年至2012年期间在欧洲和欧亚大陆49个国家参加年度特殊奥林匹克运动会的15941名同意参与的运动员。数据被整理到一个Excel工作表中，并转移到一个SPSS数据文件中以便进行分析。
共有2190名运动员出现牙齿损伤（13.02%），标准差为5.02%，各年龄组之间的平均牙齿损伤无显著差异（单因素方差分析检验，p = 0.136）。
目前的数据表明，牙齿外伤是有特殊需求人群中的一个实际问题。不同国家之间患病率的分布存在显著差异，但很明显，这一人群中有相当高比例的人需要牙齿外伤预防项目。
