Open AccessA survey of oral health in institutionalized population with intellectual disabilities: Comparison with a national oral health survey of the normal population
Author(s) -
Hicham A Diab,
Ghassan Hamadeh,
Fouad Ayoub
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of international society of preventive and community dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.476
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2250-1002
pISSN - 2231-0762
DOI - 10.4103/jispcd.jispcd_65_17
Subject(s) - medicine , oral health , population , permanent teeth , demography , dentistry , gerontology , pediatrics , environmental health , sociology
Compared to the general population, the intellectually-disabled (ID) experience poor health and inferior access to high quality health services.