Oral hygiene status of mentally handicapped school children in Ibadan, Nigeria.
This paper gives the state of oral hygiene in mentally handicapped school children aged 6-15 years in a Nigerian population. Oral hygiene was found to be poorer than in normal population. Institutional status, age and sex were found to be important determinants in oral hygiene status of this student group. Ways of improving the oral hygiene were highlighted.
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Department of Preventive Dentistry-University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002674:Child, Institutionalized; D003728:Dental Calculus / Q000145:classification; D003741:Dental Deposits / Q000145:classification; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability; D008297:Male; D009549:Nigeria; D009909:Oral Health; D009911:Oral Hygiene Index; D012737:Sex Factors