title: Dental treatment for handicapped patients. 1. The efficacy of a preventive programme for children. 11. Economics of dental treatment-a cost benefit analysis.
abstract: A comprehensive programme of treatment and home care was shown to be effective in greatly reducing dental caries, improving oral cleanliness and controlling gingivitis in handicapped patients. Maintenance required less than half the time and approximately one-third of the cost of initial restoration.
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D002648:Child; D003190:Comprehensive Dental Care; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D006267:Health Education, Dental; D006801:Humans; D009910:Oral Hygiene; D011313:Preventive Dentistry