[Dental care for the handicapped patient].
In the last years the caries risk in the Netherlands has shifted to vulnerable groups consisting of people unable to commit themselves to independent preventive dental care. These groups, children with behaviour management problems, mentally disabled, and elderly people make a change in the perspective of preventive dental care necessary. A more individual approach is advised. The costs of the changes possibly have to be drawn from the regular dental budget.
Veerkamp
J S
JS
Sectie Cariologie Endodontologie Pedodontologie van het Academisch Centrum Tandheelkunde Amsterdam (ACTA), Amsterdam. j.veerkamp@acta.nl
Bouvy-Berends
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EC
Stel
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D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D016321:Dental Care for Aged / Q000191:economics; D019140:Dental Care for Children / Q000191:economics; D003730:Dental Care for Persons with Disabilities / Q000191:economics; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors