title: Oral health status of disabled children.
abstract: 110 disabled and 110 normal healthy children with the age range from 3 to 14 were examined in this cross sectional study. The average number of decayed tooth found 5.6 in deciduous and 6.5 in mixed dentition in disabled children, and the numbers were 3.5 and 4.0 respectively in normal children. Average number of missing tooth was 1.3 in disabled and was 1.0 normal child. The oral hygiene index value was 3 in disabled and 2.47 were in healthy children. In the disabled children, 36% respondents had normal gingiva, 50% had mild gingivitis and 14% had marked gingivitis; but in the normal children, about 73% showed normal gingiva, 23% developed mild gingivitis and only 4.5% had marked gingivitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics, Dhaka Dental College, University Dental College.
authors.forename: Sultana Gul
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Nahar
authors.forename: Md Amzad
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Hossain
authors.forename: Mohammod Borhan Uddin
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Howlader
authors.forename: Anam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ahmed
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001459:Bangladesh / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D019988:Children with Disabilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005891:Gingivitis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007576:Jaw, Edentulous, Partially / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009911:Oral Hygiene Index