Open AccessHealth habits, attitudes and behavior towards oral health of children with epilepsy
Author(s) -
Svetlana Jovanović,
Ivanka Gajić
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2406-0895
pISSN - 0370-8179
DOI - 10.2298/sarh0704167j
Subject(s) - medicine , epilepsy , wilcoxon signed rank test , oral hygiene , logistic regression , bad habit , oral health , pediatrics , test (biology) , family medicine , psychiatry , dentistry , mann–whitney u test , psychology , paleontology , psychotherapist , biology
Children suffering from epilepsy are high at risk of oral diseases primarily due to their underlying medical condition which can have an impact on the maintenance level of oral hygiene, but also due to adverse effects of antiepileptic drugs.