Recognizing and caring for the medically compromised child: 4. Children with other chronic medical conditions.
This is the fourth and final part of a series on recognizing and caring for medically compromised children. In this article, an outline of appropriate dental management for children with other more commonly encountered chronic medical conditions is given, together with a description of the disorders and their significance in dentistry. This group includes children with physically handicapping conditions and children with learning difficulties, as well as those who are medically compromised.
Johnstone
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King's Dental Institute, London.
Barnard
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Harrison
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