Open AccessImpact of verbal, braille text, and tactile oral hygiene awareness instructions on oral health status of visually impaired children
Author(s) -
P Brahmanna Chowdary,
KS Uloopi,
C Vinay,
Veerabhadra V Rao,
Rayala Chandrasekhar
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of the indian society of pedodontics and preventive dentistry/journal of indian society of pedodontics and preventive dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.378
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3905
pISSN - 0970-4388
DOI - 10.4103/0970-4388.175510
Subject(s) - braille , oral hygiene , gingivitis , nonverbal communication , medicine , dentistry , audiology , psychology , developmental psychology , computer science , operating system
Visually impaired children face limitations in interacting with the environment, as they cannot see the facial expression of parents, teachers and cannot perceive social behavior. These children are challenged every day in learning basic life skills and maintenance of oral hygiene being one among them.