SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
Special Care Patients and Caries Prevalence in Permanent Dentition: A Systematic Review.
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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
- Activity and levels of TNF-α, IL-6 and IL-8 in saliva of children and young adults with dental caries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC oral health · 2024Pooled it
- Clinical Profile and Dental Treatment Needs of Children with Special Healthcare Needs Undergoing General Anaesthesia: A Retrospective Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Early childhood caries at its start: oral health disparities in Thai toddlers.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- [Utilisation Of Dental And Medical Care Among Children And Adolescents With And Without Special Support Needs].Gesundheitswesen (Bundesverband der Arzte des Offentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes (Germany)) · 2026Article
- Experience of special care patients receiving dental rehabilitation under general anesthesia at King Saud University Dental University Hospital.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Oral health-related quality of life in children attending university special needs and paediatric dental clinics in Trinidad and Tobago: A parental perspective.Acta odontologica Scandinavica · 2025Article
- Accessibility of Special Care Dentistry Across Countries: A Scoping Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Dental Tissue Density in Healthy Children Based on Radiological Data: Retrospective Analysis.JMIRx med · 2024Article
- Retrospective Evaluation of 20 Years of Outpatient Dental Services to Adults with Disabilities at the Dental Hospitals of the Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Do SOD2 and SOD3 gene polymorphisms impact the oral health-related quality of life in Para athletes?Brazilian oral research · 2024Article
- Promoting Oral Health for Patients with Special Needs.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
Due to the increase in the population with special needs and the significant difficulty in their dental management, it is essential to analyze the caries prevalence in this group of patients. The systematic review was conducted following the PRISMA statement. A search was performed on 9 May 2022 and updated on 5 June 2022, in three databases: Pubmed, Scielo, and Cochrane library. Studies involving the analysis of caries in permanent teeth in patients with special needs were included. A total of 1277 studies were analyzed and 21 studies were selected. Quality assessments were performed using an adapted version of the STROBE guidelines. Among the analyzed groups (intellectual disabilities, human immunodeficiency virus infection, schizophrenia, down syndrome, drug addicts, adult heart transplant, kidney disease, diabetic, autism, psychiatric patients, cerebral palsy, and hemophilia), the highest prevalence of caries was observed in patients with intellectual disability, without differences between genders. However, there is a need for more studies with standardized methods for caries diagnosis to further investigate the prevalence of caries in permanent teeth in patients with special needs.
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