OPTIMIZATION OF ORTHOPEDIC-DENTAL CARE FOR PUPILS OF SPECIALIZED SCHOOLS FOR CHILDREN WITH MENTAL DISABILITIES

Аннотация:

Oral health is an important component of every person's physical, mental and social well-being. Today, caries and periodontal disease remain the most common dental diseases not only among adults, but also among younger populations throughout the world. According to recent epidemiological studies conducted on healthy children, the incidence of dental pathology is high, with the prevalence of caries among healthy age groups 12–15 years being 63.3–83 years, 4% and 81.7–88.7%, intensity 3.02 -3.75 and 4.6-5.73, and the prevalence of periodontal tissue diseases in the group of healthy 12-year-old children ranged from 37.8% to 50%, in the 15-year-old group of children it ranged from 57.7% to 84 .7%.

The prevalence of caries is also high in children with mental retardation of preschool and school age, while the intensity of caries is higher in children aged 13–18 years with mild mental retardation (MID). These indicators increase with age and depend on the severity of the underlying disease.

We have implemented a program for the prevention of dental diseases in children with disabilities, but most of them were focused on children with mild and moderate mental retardation, where we will take into account not only the degree of mental retardation, but also teaching them oral care skills and diet child.