Knowledge of care providers regarding the oral health care of visually impaired children.
J Clin Pediatr Dent
; 37(4): 385-9, 2013.
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| ID: mdl-24046987
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To assess the awareness of care providers of visually impaired children regarding their oral hygiene.METHOD:
A simple pre-structured questionnaire was given to the care providers and the awareness regarding their oral health was assessed.RESULTS:
There was a general lack of awareness among the care providers of these children regarding dental diseases and its prevention. Furthermore, the importance of oral hygiene was found to be very low.CONCLUSION:
The results obtained showed that most of the caretakers were unaware of the difficulties faced by these children in the maintenance of their oral health.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Higiene Bucal
/
Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde
/
Cegueira
/
Cuidadores
/
Assistência Odontológica para a Pessoa com Deficiência
Tipo de estudo:
Qualitative_research
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Article