title: [Ways of maintaining oral hygiene in disabled and chronically ill patients--review of the literature].
abstract: Disabled and chronically ill patients face many obstacles in maintaining oral hygiene at an appropriate level. Such a situation is caused, inter alia, by the fact that those people are less predisposed manually, but also by a lack of understanding of the need for carrying out systematic hygienic measures by disabled themselves as well as their parents or caregivers. Technical difficulties during the procedure of teeth cleaning are also a problem. Currently, specialized products designed to help disabled and chronically ill patients and their caregivers to perform daily preventive treatments are available on the market.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Stomatologii Dzieciecej Katedry Stomatologii Dzieciecej Uniwersytet Medyczny im. Karola Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu. klstomdz@ump.edu.pl
authors.forename: Karolina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gerreth
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D009910:Oral Hygiene / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*