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Evaluation of calculus accumulation in tube‐fed, mentally handicapped patients: the effects of oral hygiene status
Author(s) -
Dicks Joseph L.,
Banning Jill S.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
special care in dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.328
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1754-4505
pISSN - 0275-1879
DOI - 10.1111/j.1754-4505.1991.tb00827.x
Subject(s) - calculus (dental) , medicine , oral hygiene , hygiene , tube (container) , dentistry , pathology , mechanical engineering , engineering
A group of fifteen tube‐fed mentally handicapped subjects were compared with a similar group of fifteen nontube‐fed subjects to determine the rate of calculus formation during a 60‐day period of intensive oral hygiene care. The findings indicate that calculus formation is significantly more rapid in the tube‐fed group, although the oral hygiene levels of the tube‐fed group were superior. Nearly half (48%) of this calculus accumulated within the first 3 weeks. The calculus accumulation for both groups was lower than that indicated in a previous study where oral hygiene was poor