title: Special oral hygiene and preventive care for special needs.
abstract: Many dental patients have special preventive needs related to dental caries and periodontal disease, and most patients with intellectual or physical disabilities have specialized needs. This article suggests that these needs often go overlooked. To best care for patients with these needs, the dental practitioner should identify special oral hygiene needs among his or her patients, provide them with oral hygiene instruction and implement the specific oral hygiene preventive and treatment procedures described here.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Research Associates, 3707 N. Canyon Road, Suite 3D, Provo, Utah 84604, USA.
authors.forename: Gordon J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Christensen
mesh_terms: D002327:Cariostatic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003730:Dental Care for Persons with Disabilities; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000517:prevention & control; D005459:Fluorides / Q000008:administration & dosage; D015438:Health Behavior; D006267:Health Education, Dental; D006801:Humans; D009910:Oral Hygiene / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D014059:Tongue / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D002327:Cariostatic Agents; D005459:Fluorides