Campisi G, Cumbo V
Scuola di Specializzazione in Ortognatodonzia, Università degli Studi di Milano.
Minerva Stomatol. 1994 Jan-Feb;43(1-2):29-32.
The authors, after a short inquiry into the Italian epidemiological reality of blind subjects, explain the results of a study made on a sample of 105 blind adults (average age: 60.3 years) in order to check their oral health conditions. In particular, they have pointed out the DMFT index, the average number of permanent teeth present, the OHI-S index in its two components ID and IC, the CPITN index. The results of this study point is a high DMFT index, mainly owing to teeth extracted for periodontal disease. A high OHI-S index and the prevalence of the codes 2 e 3 of the CPITN index direct the therapeutical choice towards a professional oral hygiene and oral preventive protocols adequate to their sensorial deficiency.
作者在简要探究了意大利盲人的流行病学现状后，解释了一项针对105名成年盲人（平均年龄：60.3岁）样本进行的研究结果，以检查他们的口腔健康状况。具体而言，他们指出了DMFT指数、现存恒牙的平均数量、OHI-S指数的两个组成部分ID和IC、CPITN指数。这项研究的结果表明DMFT指数较高，主要是由于因牙周病而拔除的牙齿。较高的OHI-S指数以及CPITN指数中代码2和3的患病率，使得治疗选择倾向于适合其感官缺陷的专业口腔卫生和口腔预防方案。
