Journal of Disability and Oral Health
- Cover Date:
- December 2011
- Print ISSN:
- 1470-8558
- Vol:
- 12
- Issue:
- 4
Strategies for managing carious lesions in patients with disabilities - a systematic review
Abstract Caries may constitute an additional problem to people with disabilities. Individuals’ physical and intellectual impairments as well as insufficient availability of appropriate services are addressed as barriers to oral health care in this population. The present study aimed to determine the current strategies applied for the prevention and treatment of dental caries in people with special needs by means of a systematic review of dental literature. Three databases were searched from January 1991 up to 1 February 2011. Randomised clinical trials, case-control, cohort studies and systematic reviews on preventive or restorative programmes related to dental caries in people with disabilities, published in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French and German languages were included for analysis. Only eight papers met the inclusion criteria; five referring to caries preventive, and three to restorative care programmes. Owing to the heterogeneity, quality, number, types and outcomes of the studies included in this review, it was not possible to extract a common strategy for the prevention and treatment of dental caries in people with disabilities. In light of the urgent need for such strategies for this population, it is suggested that international associations dealing with the production of scientific evidence, and those related to disability and oral health, must promote the development of quality research in order to propose guidelines for the prevention and treatment of dental caries in people with disabilities.
Key words: People with disabilities, dental care for people with disabilities, systematic review, caries prevention, restorative care
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- £15.00
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- Page Start
- 159
- Page End
- 167
- Authors
- G F Molina, S C Leal, J E Frencken
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