Oral Care Situation of Handicapped Patients with Permanent Dentition

• Published in: The Journal of Showa University Dental Society Vol. 17; no. 2; pp. 165 - 170
• Main Authors: INOUE, Mitsuko, YAMAZAKI, Tetsuya, SASA, Ryuji, YAMASHITA, Noboru
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: Showa University Dental Society 30.06.1997; 昭和大学・昭和歯学会
• Subjects: DMFT; handicapped patient; permanent dentition
• ISSN: 0285-922X; 2186-5396
• DOI: 10.11516/dentalmedres1981.17.165

Recently, there is increasing the interest in the dental diseases of physically and mentally handicapped persons. The purpose of this survey was to learn the actual conditions of handicapped patients who were managed in our department of Showa University Dental Hospital and had permanent dentition. The subjects consisted of 171 patients (average age, 18 years 4 months) who were mainly physically or mentally handicapped. The mean DMFT of the subjects was 10.94, a relatively high score, but filled teeth occupied 88.7%. Mean DMFT was different by dental stage at first visit : Group I, who visited our clinic in the primary dentition stage, showed lower DMFT than groups II and III, who visited in the mixed or permanent dentition stage. The patients who had the experience of treatment under general anesthesia showed high DMFT, but they already had high DMF (def) at first visit. With patients managed over a long term, dental caries of permanent teeth had increased after III B stage, so a more effective approach seems to be necessary for patients in this stage.