title: Oral hygiene in children with Down's syndrome.
abstract: The clinical examination comprised 62 children with Down's syndrome: 12 children had low grade mental retardation, 36 children--moderate grade mental retardation and 14 children--high grade mental retardation. The study showed that oral hygiene was unsatisfactory and was found to be dependent upon the grade of mental retardation. Most children had birth weight over 2,500 g. Besides, also birth length was found to be dependent upon the grade of mental retardation. In most families the child with Down's syndrome was the last baby born among other healthy siblings. Educational career in children with Down's syndrome was found to be dependent upon the grade of mental retardation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paedodontics Dentistry, Medical University of Lublin.
authors.forename: Elzbieta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pels
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mielnik-Błaszczak
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D004522:Educational Status; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000145:classification* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009910:Oral Hygiene / Q000145:classification* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors