IADR Abstract Archives
Oral Health Status of Institution Residents with Special Needs
Objectives: According to the World Health Organization’s report, 10% people can be categorized as with special needs, which are defined as those individuals who have permanent or transitory mental, physical, organic social and / or behavioral impairments. More than two-thirds of them do not receive any type of oral dental care regularly. The objective of this study is to evaluate the oral health status among institution residents with special needs.
Methods: A cross-sectional study used structured questionnaires and oral examination for institution residents with special needs aged 40 and over (n = 464). The protocol of the oral examination was in accordance to the World Health Organization’s criteria and carried out by standardized dentists. After data collection, numbers of decayed-missing-filled teeth (DMFT), decayed teeth (DT), missing teeth (MT) and filling teeth (FT) of each participants were calculated for further analyses. T test, ANOVA, and Chi-square tests were employed to compare between participants who received regular dental visits and those who did not.
Results: 87.5%(n=406) of eligible participants were cooperative, 9.7%(n=45) were barely cooperative and 2.8% (n=13) were unable to cooperate. Of all the participants, 64.7%(n=464) were male. The mean DMFT, DT, MT, FT scores among these participants were 16.30 ± 7.77, 1.35 ± 2.26, 11.69 ± 8.82, and 3.24 ± 4.46, respectively. 77.5% (n=313) of the participants who received regular dental care had fluoride varnish applications, which was significantly higher than that of those who did not receive regular dental care 22.5% (n=136)(P=0.002).
Conclusions: This study revealed that institution residents with special needs who had received regular dental care were more likely to have fluoride varnish applications Preventive oral health care should be taken into consideration to maintain a high standard oral health status among the institutional resident with special needs.
Methods: A cross-sectional study used structured questionnaires and oral examination for institution residents with special needs aged 40 and over (n = 464). The protocol of the oral examination was in accordance to the World Health Organization’s criteria and carried out by standardized dentists. After data collection, numbers of decayed-missing-filled teeth (DMFT), decayed teeth (DT), missing teeth (MT) and filling teeth (FT) of each participants were calculated for further analyses. T test, ANOVA, and Chi-square tests were employed to compare between participants who received regular dental visits and those who did not.
Results: 87.5%(n=406) of eligible participants were cooperative, 9.7%(n=45) were barely cooperative and 2.8% (n=13) were unable to cooperate. Of all the participants, 64.7%(n=464) were male. The mean DMFT, DT, MT, FT scores among these participants were 16.30 ± 7.77, 1.35 ± 2.26, 11.69 ± 8.82, and 3.24 ± 4.46, respectively. 77.5% (n=313) of the participants who received regular dental care had fluoride varnish applications, which was significantly higher than that of those who did not receive regular dental care 22.5% (n=136)(P=0.002).
Conclusions: This study revealed that institution residents with special needs who had received regular dental care were more likely to have fluoride varnish applications Preventive oral health care should be taken into consideration to maintain a high standard oral health status among the institutional resident with special needs.