Assessment of oral health status with visually impaired children in Patna City, Bihar

Aim: Children with a visually impairment often face various challenges in their day-to-day skills. Oral hygiene maintenance is one major task for them. Such child has difficulty to live current normal life and demands of permission or healthy life. The present study aims to assess the oral health in...

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Autores principales:	Santosh Anand, Kumari Kavita, Amresh Pandey, Shilpi Verma, Revati Singh, Rohit Singh
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Publicado:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2021
Materias:	care giver oral health visually impairment Pharmacy and materia medica RS1-441 Analytical chemistry QD71-142
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:61f1d739ac8b4c5aa73bfe581ebd67032021-11-19T12:15:53ZAssessment of oral health status with visually impaired children in Patna City, Bihar0975-740610.4103/jpbs.jpbs_381_21https://doaj.org/article/61f1d739ac8b4c5aa73bfe581ebd67032021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.jpbsonline.org/article.asp?issn=0975-7406;year=2021;volume=13;issue=6;spage=1709;epage=1712;aulast=Anandhttps://doaj.org/toc/0975-7406Aim: Children with a visually impairment often face various challenges in their day-to-day skills. Oral hygiene maintenance is one major task for them. Such child has difficulty to live current normal life and demands of permission or healthy life. The present study aims to assess the oral health in children with visually impaired using oral health status assessment tool in Patna city. Methodology: A cross-sectional institutional survey was implicated among visually impaired children who attend special school in Patna city. A total of 180 visually impaired children were selected as per the inclusion criteria. Participant's parents gave written consent for the study. The oral hygiene practices of visually impaired children were recorded by teachers. Oral health assessment tool (OHAT) findings were recorded by the principal investigator. Results: Sixty-seven percent of children had gingival inflammation and 59.8% had normal tongue. 55.2% of children had 1–3 decayed or broken teeth and 16.1% had unhealthy natural teeth. 78.7% of children had change in oral hygiene. Conclusion: Oral health status of visually impaired child was very poor and gingivitis was also seen according to usage of oral hygiene assessment tool(OHAT). The sentence should be chaged as Oral health status of visually impaired child was very poor and gingivitis was also seen according to usage of oral hygiene assessment tool (OHAT).Santosh AnandKumari KavitaAmresh PandeyShilpi VermaRevati SinghRohit SinghWolters Kluwer Medknow Publicationsarticlecare giveroral healthvisually impairmentPharmacy and materia medicaRS1-441Analytical chemistryQD71-142ENJournal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences, Vol 13, Iss 6, Pp 1709-1712 (2021)
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spellingShingle	care giver oral health visually impairment Pharmacy and materia medica RS1-441 Analytical chemistry QD71-142 Santosh Anand Kumari Kavita Amresh Pandey Shilpi Verma Revati Singh Rohit Singh Assessment of oral health status with visually impaired children in Patna City, Bihar
description	Aim: Children with a visually impairment often face various challenges in their day-to-day skills. Oral hygiene maintenance is one major task for them. Such child has difficulty to live current normal life and demands of permission or healthy life. The present study aims to assess the oral health in children with visually impaired using oral health status assessment tool in Patna city. Methodology: A cross-sectional institutional survey was implicated among visually impaired children who attend special school in Patna city. A total of 180 visually impaired children were selected as per the inclusion criteria. Participant's parents gave written consent for the study. The oral hygiene practices of visually impaired children were recorded by teachers. Oral health assessment tool (OHAT) findings were recorded by the principal investigator. Results: Sixty-seven percent of children had gingival inflammation and 59.8% had normal tongue. 55.2% of children had 1–3 decayed or broken teeth and 16.1% had unhealthy natural teeth. 78.7% of children had change in oral hygiene. Conclusion: Oral health status of visually impaired child was very poor and gingivitis was also seen according to usage of oral hygiene assessment tool(OHAT). The sentence should be chaged as Oral health status of visually impaired child was very poor and gingivitis was also seen according to usage of oral hygiene assessment tool (OHAT).
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title	Assessment of oral health status with visually impaired children in Patna City, Bihar
title_short	Assessment of oral health status with visually impaired children in Patna City, Bihar
title_full	Assessment of oral health status with visually impaired children in Patna City, Bihar
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Assessment of oral health status with visually impaired children in Patna City, Bihar

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