Open AccessAssessment of dental caries, oral hygiene status, traumatic dental injuries and provision of basic oral health care among visually impaired children of Eastern Odisha
Author(s) -
Vinay Suresan,
Diptajit Das,
Avinash Jnaneswar,
Kunal Jha,
Gunjan Kumar,
Goutham Bala Subramaniam
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_48_17
Subject(s) - medicine , oral hygiene , dentistry , dentition , toothbrush , population , dental trauma , cross sectional study , environmental health , brush , electrical engineering , pathology , engineering
The magnitude and severity of oral health problems in visually impaired population are worse than in general population, and they tend to have more untreated dental diseases and more problems accessing dental care.