ArticleBrain sciences2020
"Mom Let's Go to the Dentist!" Preliminary Feasibility of a Tailored Dental Intervention for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Italian Public Health Service.
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- Oral care interventions for autistic individuals: A systematic review.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2025Pooled it
- Factors influencing oral health behaviours, access and delivery of dental care for autistic children and adolescents: A mixed-methods systematic review.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2022Pooled it
- Oral health status among preschool children with autism in Changchun, Jilin Province, China: A cross-sectional study.Medicine · 2026Article
- Organization of Dental Care for Children, Including Those with Autism Spectrum Disorders.International journal of clinical pediatric dentistry · 2026Article
- Challenges and solutions in managing dental problems in children with autism.World journal of clinical pediatrics · 2025Article
- Caregivers' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices in terms of Oral Care Provided to Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Significance of Oral Care for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder-A Narrative Literature Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Reviewing Mobile Dental Apps for Children with Cognitive and Physical Impairments and Ideating an App Tailored to Special Healthcare Needs.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Optimizing Care for Autistic Patients in Health Care Settings: A Scoping Review and Call to Action.Academic pediatrics · 2024Article
- Oral Health Preventive Program in Patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Exploring barriers to oral health care experienced by individuals living with autism spectrum disorder.Canadian journal of dental hygiene : CJDH = Journal canadien de l'hygiene dentaire : JCHD · 2021Review
- Oral Health and Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Unique Collaboration between Dentistry and Occupational Therapy.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Review
- The Challenging Heterogeneity of Autism: Editorial for Brain Sciences Special Issue "Advances in Autism Research".Brain sciences · 2020Article
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Abstract
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) show worse oral health than their peers. Their access to health services is, at present, inadequate: few high-quality interventions have been designed and implemented to improve their care procedures so far. The purpose of this study is to describe an experience of dental care supported by Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), for children with ASD in a public health service. In our study, 59 children (mean age 9.9 years; SD = 5.43) participated in the MyDentist project. It integrates classic dental care techniques with new practices for desensitization and fear control, delivered through an enhanced customized ICT-based intervention aiming at familiarizing the child with ASD with the medical setting and procedures. Two questionnaires were filled out by parents to describe the acceptability of the MyDentist experience for their children. Significant results were shown from T0 (before initiating MyDentist) to T1 (after 6 months of the MyDentist experience) regarding improved oral hygiene and cooperation during dental treatments. Families positively assessed the use of ICT support. In conclusion, the project demonstrated acceptability by parents, suggesting that public health dental care and prevention can be successfully implemented without resorting to costly pharmacological interventions (with potential side effects), taking better care of children's health.
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