Open AccessAssessment of dental caries and periodontal status in institutionalized hearing impaired children in Khordha District of Odisha
Author(s) -
Avinash Jnaneswar,
Goutham Bala Subramaniya,
Jayashree Pathi,
Kunal Jha,
Vinay Suresan,
Gunjan Kumar
Publication year - 2017
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/jisppd.jisppd_11_17
Subject(s) - medicine , statistical significance , dentistry , oral health , significant difference , population , chi square test , hearing loss , permanent teeth , periodontal disease , oral health care , oral examination , audiology , statistics , mathematics , environmental health
Over 5% of the world's population has disabling hearing loss. The oral health of the disabled may be disused for the reason of the disabling condition, a challenging disease or the limited access to oral health care.