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Barriers to utilisation of dental care services among children with special needs: A systematic review

Author(s) -

Lakshmi Krishnan,

Kiran Iyer,

PD Madan Kumar

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

indian journal of dental research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277

H-Index - 43

eISSN - 1998-3603

pISSN - 0970-9290

DOI - 10.4103/ijdr.ijdr_542_18

Subject(s) - special needs , medicine , inclusion (mineral) , medline , population , family medicine , systematic review , cochrane library , dentistry , alternative medicine , psychology , environmental health , psychiatry , social psychology , pathology , political science , law

Disabled population accounts for 2.86 Crore of total Indian population. Among these 27.4% of population consists of children within age group of age 0 to 19 years. Studies have shown oral health status of children with special needs is lower than children without special needs. Though there are various attributing factors, access to dental care delivery and difficulties faced during dental treatment delivery are of major concern. Therefore the aim of this systematic review was set to assess the barriers faced by children with special needs during utilization of dental services; through caregiver's perception.

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