Anand Santosh, Kavita Kumari, Pandey Amresh, Verma Shilpi, Singh Revati, Singh Rohit
Department of Prosthodontics, Crown, Bridge and Implantology, Patna Dental College and Hospital, Patna, Bihar, India.
Department of Dentistry, Nalanda Medical College and Hospital, Patna, Bihar, India.
J Pharm Bioallied Sci. 2021 Nov;13(Suppl 2):S1709-S1712. doi: 10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_381_21. Epub 2021 Nov 10.
Children with a visually impairment often face various challenges in their day-to-day skills. Oral hygiene maintenance is one major task for them. Such child has difficulty to live current normal life and demands of permission or healthy life. The present study aims to assess the oral health in children with visually impaired using oral health status assessment tool in Patna city.
A cross-sectional institutional survey was implicated among visually impaired children who attend special school in Patna city. A total of 180 visually impaired children were selected as per the inclusion criteria. Participant's parents gave written consent for the study. The oral hygiene practices of visually impaired children were recorded by teachers. Oral health assessment tool (OHAT) findings were recorded by the principal investigator.
Sixty-seven percent of children had gingival inflammation and 59.8% had normal tongue. 55.2% of children had 1-3 decayed or broken teeth and 16.1% had unhealthy natural teeth. 78.7% of children had change in oral hygiene.
Oral health status of visually impaired child was very poor and gingivitis was also seen according to usage of oral hygiene assessment tool(OHAT). The sentence should be chaged as Oral health status of visually impaired child was very poor and gingivitis was also seen according to usage of oral hygiene assessment tool (OHAT).
视力障碍儿童在日常生活技能方面常常面临各种挑战。口腔卫生维护是他们的一项主要任务。这类儿童难以过上正常的当前生活，需要获得许可或拥有健康的生活。本研究旨在使用巴特那市的口腔健康状况评估工具，评估视力障碍儿童的口腔健康状况。
对巴特那市一所特殊学校中就读的视力障碍儿童进行了一项横断面机构调查。根据纳入标准共选取了180名视力障碍儿童。参与者的父母对该研究给予了书面同意。教师记录了视力障碍儿童的口腔卫生习惯。主要研究者记录了口腔健康评估工具（OHAT）的结果。
67%的儿童有牙龈炎症，59.8%的儿童舌头正常。55.2%的儿童有1 - 3颗龋齿或牙齿破损，16.1%的儿童天然牙不健康。78.7%的儿童口腔卫生有变化。
根据口腔卫生评估工具（OHAT）的使用情况，视力障碍儿童的口腔健康状况非常差，且存在牙龈炎。句子应改为“根据口腔卫生评估工具（OHAT）的使用情况，视力障碍儿童的口腔健康状况非常差，且存在牙龈炎”。
