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ArticleAustralian dental journal2022

Dental procedures in children with or without intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder in a hospital setting.

S Azimi, K Wong, Yyl Lai, J Bourke, M Junaid, J Jones, D Pritchard, H Calache, J Winters, L Slack-Smith and 1 more

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Article in Australian dental journal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

S AzimiTelethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1124-3783
K WongTelethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
Yyl LaiTelethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
J BourkeTelethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
M JunaidTelethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
J JonesNational Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Australia.
D PritchardDepartment of General Practice, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
H CalacheDeakin Health Economics, Institute for Health Transformation, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia.
J WintersDental School, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
L Slack-SmithSchool of Population and Global Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-5859-7055
H LeonardTelethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
The Kids Research Institute Australia · AUThe University of Western Australia · AUCurtin University · AUDeakin University · AU

Funding

National Health and Medical Research Council 1117105National Health and Medical Research Council 572742
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThis population-based cohort study investigated dental procedures in the hospital setting in Western Australian children with or without intellectual disability (ID) and/or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) aged up to 18 years. Considering previously reported disparities in dental disease between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian children, this study also investigated the effect of Indigenous status on dental procedures.

methodsData on Western Australian live births from 1983 to 2010 from the Midwives Notification System were linked to the Intellectual Disability Exploring Answers database and the Hospital Morbidity Data collection. Primary admissions for relevant dental diagnoses were identified, and treatment procedures for dental hospitalization were investigated. Descriptive statistics and Pearson's chi-squared test of independence were used for analysis.

resultsOverall, 76 065 episodes of dental hospitalization were recorded. Amongst children with ID and/or ASD, Indigenous children experienced more extractions and fewer restorations (68.7% and 16.2%) compared to non-Indigenous children (51.5% and 25.9%). After 6 years, extraction occurred less often in children with ID and/or ASD than in those without, where most surgical dental extractions were in the age group of 13-18 years.

conclusionsThis study indicates a need for further improvements in access to dental services and the quality of care provided in hospitals for children with ID/ASD. There is also concern that more vulnerable Indigenous and all disadvantaged children are receiving an inadequate level of dental services resulting in more emergency dental hospitalization and invasive treatment.

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Autism Spectrum DisorderIntellectual DisabilityAdolescentAgedAustraliaChildCohort StudiesDentistryHospitalsHumansAutism spectrum disorderchild healthdata linkagedental diseaseintellectual disability

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PMID35718919
PMCPMC10947036
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