Author/Authors :
Nahar, Sultana Gul University Dental College - Dhaka Dental College - Department of Prosthodontics, Bangladesh , Hossain, Md. Amzad University Dental College - Dhaka Dental College - Department of Prosthodontics, Bangladesh , Howlader, Mohammod Borhan Uddin University Dental College - Dhaka Dental College - Department of Prosthodontics, Bangladesh , Ahmed, Anam University Dental College - Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery, Bangladesh
Abstract :
110 disabled and 110 normal healthy children with the age range from 3 to 14 were examined in thiscross sectional study. The average number of decayed tooth found 5.6 in deciduous and 6.5 in mixed dentition in disabled children, and the numbers were 3.5 and 4.0 respectively in normal children.Average number of missing tooth was 1.3 in disabled and was 1.0 normal child. The oral hygieneindex value was 3 in disabled and 2.47 were in healthy children. In the disabled children, 36%respondents had normal gingiva, 50% had mild gingivitis and 14% had marked gingivitis; but in the normal children, about 73% showed normal gingiva, 23% developed mild gingivitis and only 4.5% had marked gingivitis.
