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Dental Treatment and Dental Health in Special Care Patients

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Health Care Sciences".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2024 | Viewed by 523

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. M. Joaquín Nova García

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Department of Dental Clinical Specialties, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Interests: pediatric dentistry; rare diseases; dental care of children with special needs; osteogenesis imperfecta; williams syndrome; kabuki syndrome
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

There are several purposes of this Special Issue (Dental Treatment and Dental Health in Special Care Patients). Through the vision provided by the different articles, we hope to offer the professional an updated vision of:

  • Oral health conditions of patients with special needs and oral and craniofacial manifestations related to underlying diseases. Including epidemiological studies, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses;
  • Protocols of oral care and dental management for different groups;
  • The planning of oral care for special patients in the context of Public Health;
  • Dental care for patients with special needs with auxiliary means (sedation, general anesthesia).

Treating the oral health of special needs patients contributes to improvements in the quality of life of these people and their families.

Prof. Dr. M. Joaquín Nova García
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • special dental care
  • dental care for disabled
  • dental health, oral health
  • special needs
  • disabilities
  • barriers to dental care
  • health disparities
  • health services accesibility
  • rare diseases
  • sedation

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Orthodontic Status and Association with Oral-Health-Related Quality of Life—A Study of 16-Year-Old Norwegians with a Cleft Lip and Palate
by Paul K. Saele, Manal Mustafa and Anne N. Åstrøm
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2024, 21(5), 550; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21050550 - 26 Apr 2024
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Objective: To assess the association between clinical orthodontic indicators and oral-health-related quality of life, adjusted for socio-demographic factors, focusing on 16-year-old patients with cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P). Participants: One hundred and twenty-two patients with CL/P, representing cleft-lip (CL), cleft-palate (CP), unilateral/bilateral cleft-lip-palate [...] Read more.
Objective: To assess the association between clinical orthodontic indicators and oral-health-related quality of life, adjusted for socio-demographic factors, focusing on 16-year-old patients with cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P). Participants: One hundred and twenty-two patients with CL/P, representing cleft-lip (CL), cleft-palate (CP), unilateral/bilateral cleft-lip-palate (UCLP/BCLP), enrolled in the national CLP-Team, Bergen, Norway. Method: A cross-sectional study by two orthodontists assessing the number of teeth, intermaxillary sagittal relation (ANB-angle), dental arch and occlusion of 16-year-old patients with CL/P. All completed a digital questionnaire including self-reported socio-demographic variables, OHIP-14 questionnaire and dental aesthetics. Cross-tabulations with Pearson’s Chi-square test were used to identify associations between self-reported OHRQoL and socio-demographic and clinical indicators. Multiple variable analyses were conducted with binary logistic regression analysis using the odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) to assess associations between OHRQoL and clinical indicators adjusted for socio-demographic variables. Ethical approval was granted by the regional ethics committee. Results: Patients with UCLP and BCLP had poorer clinical indicators compared to patients with CL and CP (p < 0.05). A total of 80% of the patients had OHIP-14 > 0. The highest oral impact was reported for psychological domains and articulation and the least for functional domains. Respondents with BCLP and those with poor intermaxillary relationships (ANB < 0°) reported a high impact on OHRQoL (p < 0.05). No statistically significant associations between other clinical indicators and socio-demographic variables such as gender, educational aspiration, and place of residence were reported. Conclusions: The study revealed an association between severe cleft diagnosis, missing teeth, misaligned teeth, negative overjet, and poor OHRQoL, but a statistically significant association was found only between OHRQoL and poor intermaxillary sagittal relations (unfavorable profile). To improve OHRQoL among patients with clefts, there is a need for an individual follow-up and prioritization of oral healthcare. Full article
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