Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences, King's College London, Central Office, Floor 18, Tower Wing, Guy's London, UK.
Br Dent J. 2019 Jul;227(1):55-57. doi: 10.1038/s41415-019-0463-8.
This paper explores the contextualised relationship between disability and oral health, locating questions about the oral health and oral health care of disabled people within wider debates about the material, social and cultural barriers that disabled people face when accessing health care. Sociological and disability studies research is drawn on to highlight potential barriers to oral health for disabled people and outline alternative ways of looking at, thinking about and challenging these barriers. Starting with a brief look at definitions and understandings of disability and the impact of this on attitudes, research on the multi-level barriers faced by disabled people within oral health care is then highlighted. The article concludes with some thoughts on how research from other disciplinary traditions can be useful in helping to make dentistry more prepared to appropriately and successfully meet the needs of disabled people, both in a special care setting but also, more crucially, in a general dental setting.
本文探讨了残疾与口腔健康之间的背景关系，将残疾人口腔健康和口腔保健问题置于更广泛的关于残疾人士在获得医疗保健方面所面临的物质、社会和文化障碍的辩论中。借鉴了社会学和残疾研究的研究成果，以突出残疾人士在口腔健康方面可能遇到的障碍，并概述了看待、思考和挑战这些障碍的替代方法。本文首先简要探讨了残疾的定义和理解，以及这对态度的影响，然后重点介绍了残疾人士在口腔保健方面所面临的多层次障碍的研究。文章最后思考了如何从其他学科传统的研究中受益，以帮助牙医更好地准备，在特殊护理环境中，更重要的是，在一般牙科环境中，成功地满足残疾人士的需求。
