ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2022
Dietary Sugar Exposure and Oral Health Status in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Case-control Study.
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- Dental Caries of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Pooled it
- Increased Risk of Dentoalveolar Trauma in Patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Pooled it
- Significance of Oral Care for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder-A Narrative Literature Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Ultrasound Communications Reveal Social Aversion in Rats With Contact Motivation Deficits but not Anhedonia.Alpha psychiatry · 2025Article
- Effects of Covid-19 pandemic on nutritional habits, lifestyle changes and dental trauma frequency of children with autism: a cross-sectional study.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- Oral hygiene and caries experience in children with down syndrome and autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in dental medicine · 2025Review
- Level of support/commitment and behavior during mealtime and dental care negatively impact the dental caries prevalence in autistic individuals: cross-sectional study.Clinical oral investigations · 2024Article
- Autistic spectrum disorder children and adolescents' oral health characteristics - scoping review.International journal of developmental disabilities · 2024Article
- Parental Perception of the Oral Health-Related Quality of Life of Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Oral health and dental caries experience among students aged 7-15 years old with autism spectrum disorders in Tehran, Iran.BMC pediatrics · 2022Article
- Insights on dental care management and prevention in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). What is new?Frontiers in oral health · 2022Review
- Oral hygiene practice and home-care challenges in children with autism spectrum disorder in San Francisco: Cross-sectional study.Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric DentistryArticle
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Abstract
This case-control study compared dietary sugar exposure and oral health status between children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), aged 5-12 years (n = 136, each). Data regarding socio-demographics, child's oral hygiene practices and behavior, diet-related behavior, oral habits and dental trauma were obtained. Child's diet on the previous day was recorded using 24-h recall method and sugar exposure was calculated using Dental Diet Diary (D3) mobile application. Oral Hygiene Index-Simplified (OHI-S), deft and DMFT were recorded. Results showed no significant differences in sugar exposure, deft and DMFT between the groups. Although oral hygiene practices were significantly better in children with ASD, their OHI-S was significantly worse. Significantly more children with ASD reported mouth-breathing, bruxism and self-injurious habits.
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