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Handicapped children: Behavioural and co‐ordination characteristics affecting the delivery of dental care
Author(s) -
Gurling F. G.,
Fanning Elizabeth A.,
Leppard P. I.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
australian dental journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.701
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1834-7819
pISSN - 0045-0421
DOI - 10.1111/j.1834-7819.1980.tb03864.x
Subject(s) - ordination , dental care , medicine , dentistry , statistical analysis , mathematics , statistics
A bstract — Statistical analysis of data from a field survey of 132 handicapped children confirmed that a questionnaire approach is reliable in identifying children with potential behavioural and co‐ordination problems within a dental environment. Assessment of the behaviour and co‐ordination of 2,082 handicapped children aged 3–16 years, inclusive, suggested that approximately 53 per cent were manageable in a normal dental surgery and 79 per cent had the necessary co‐ordination for routine dental care.