Special oral concerns in people with severe and profound mental retardation.
Dental patients with severe and profound mental impairments may engage in behaviors that adversely affect their oral health. Based on experience in a residential care facility, this report sensitizes dental practitioners, who are unfamiliar with the problems of these patients, to consequences of these behaviors.
Dura
J R
JR
Torsell
A E
AE
Heinzerling
R A
RA
Mulick
J A
JA
D002012:Bruxism / Q000517:prevention & control; D003730:Dental Care for Persons with Disabilities; D064106:Human Coprophagia / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability; D012652:Self Mutilation / Q000517:prevention & control