Oral health status in children with impaired hearing
- VernacularTitle: АНИРГҮЙ ДЭХЬ АМНЫ ХӨНДИЙН ЭРҮҮЛ МЭНДИЙН БАЙДА
- Author:
Munguntsetseg L
1
;
Alimaa B
;
Oyunsuren SH
;
Tsengunmaa A
;
Tseyensuren S
;
Batmunkh T
;
Altanchimeg H
;
Myanganzul P
Author Information
1. School of dentistry, MNUMS
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Hearing, special school, disability, deaf
- From:Innovation
2016;2(1):14-17
- CountryMongolia
- Language:Mongolian
-
Abstract:
Children with impaired hearing have communication and learning difficulty due to delay in the development of receptive and expression communications. Communication difficulties can often lead to social isolation and poor self-estimation. Oral health status in children with impaired hearing tends to be poor due to several reasons as difficulty of adequate training of caregiving parents, parents luck of information and effort. Aim: To study oral health status and oral education level among students of special school №29 for disabled children.A cross-sectional descriptive study. 224 students aged 6-22 years were selected for this study. Participants were subjected to oral examination and were asked to answer to the questionnairePrevalence of caries and DMFT index, dental plague, occlusion and the oral education levels were assessed. The caries prevalence was 95.9%, and the mean DMFT index was 5.5. Dental plaques were identified in 31.7-49.2% of subjects differing among age groups. Among examined children, 32% of subjects had a malocclusion and 18 children underwent cleft lip palate surgical treatment. According to questionnaire 21% of subjects reported that tooth brushing is not significant measure to maintain oral health, which shows that oral education level among subjects was low. Oral health status of children with impaired hearing was in a level comparable to that of healthy children, although the incidence of cleft lip and palate and gingivitis were higher.
