ReviewThe Saudi dental journal2022
Factors affecting provision of oral health care for people with special health care needs: A systematic review.
Review in The Saudi dental journal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.
- Oral health disorders among visually impaired children in South Asian countries: a systematic review.Frontiers in oral health · 2025Pooled it
- Oral health status of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities in India: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pediatrics · 2024Pooled it
- Oral and dental health utilization determinants in special health care needs: a systematic review of reviews.BMC oral health · 2024Pooled it
- Factors Associated With Oral and Dental Health Utilization Among Individuals With Special Health Care Needs in Iran: A Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Co-Existence of Divergent Oral Care Approaches in Danish Aged Care: A Qualitative Study.Gerodontology · 2026Article
- Improving Oral Health After Spinal Cord Injury: A Scoping Review of Barriers, Facilitators, Current Interventions and Their Effectiveness.Clinical and experimental dental research · 2026Article
- Perceived Barriers and Potential Strategies for People Who Use Drugs in Accessing Oral Healthcare: A Qualitative Study of Service Providers.Community dentistry and oral epidemiology · 2026Article
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- Impact of a Multi-Component Preventive Oral Health Program on Dental Plaque Scores for Individuals with Special Health Care Needs.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dentistry · 2026Article
- Kohlschütter-Tönz Syndrome: A Rare Clinical Entity with Amelogenesis Imperfecta in Two Siblings, Dental Management and Scoping Review.Turkish archives of pediatrics · 2025Article
- Special Care Dentistry for People in Asia-Pacific Region.International dental journal · 2025Review
- Oral and dental health utilization among patients with special health care needs: a qualitative study in Iran.BMC oral health · 2025Article
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- Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Occupational Therapists in Promoting Oral Health: A Protocol for Mixed-Methods Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Perceptions of an oral health education program for persons with disabilities among community-based rehabilitation centre managers: a qualitative study.Canadian journal of dental hygiene : CJDH = Journal canadien de l'hygiene dentaire : JCHD · 2024Article
- Oral Health Behaviour, Care Utilisation, and Barriers among Students with Disabilities: A Parental Perspective.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Perception of Special-Care Dentistry among Dental Students at Universitas Indonesia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Dentistry journal · 2024Article
- Prevalence of dental caries and oral hygiene among specially-abled children.Bioinformation · 2024Article
- Accessibility of Patients With Special Healthcare Needs to Dental Care in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia: A Multicentre Study From Perspective of Caregiver and Dental Care Providers.TheScientificWorldJournal · 2024Article
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Abstract
Background: Special health care needs (SHCNs) individuals experience higher levels of dental problems including accessing oral health (OH) facilities. Improving standard of OH care in SHCNs requires identifying barriers and enablers. The aim of this study was to perform a systematic review of prior researches to identify OH care barriers and enablers for SHCN individuals. Methods: Electronic searching was conducted systematically in PubMed and Cochrane databases. The PICOS parameters were formulated for the inclusion of studies, and the PRISMA method was used to select the articles. Two reviewers independently screened the articles for eligibility and to minimise the risk of bias in the studies and also searched the contents of key articles, quality of methodology, outcomes and reference lists of all the studies included. Results: A total of 1316 (PubMed 956, Cochrane 360) studies were found initially and after title and abstract screening and also removal of duplication, reviewers selected 53 papers from PubMED and 19 articles from Cochrane to go through full articles and led to the final confirmation of 21 studies. Common challenges included lack of OH knowledge and awareness, difficulty in accessing treatment, transportation problem, treatment cost, and lack of inter-professional collaboration for specialized services. Potential solutions included OHE training and services for patients and caregivers, easy access to dental services, specialized dental practitioners and use of a combination of expertise to meet the demands of SHCN individuals. Conclusion: This brief analysis will establish dental obstacles to the provision of information to policymakers for SHCN population at organizational, individuals and policy levels. It will help in effective planning for providing and improving OH care quality in caregivers.
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