title: Special oral concerns in people with severe and profound mental retardation.
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Dura
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Torsell
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Heinzerling
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Mulick
mesh_terms: 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