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Volume 5 Issue 4 (April, 2017)

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PREVALENCE OF MALOCCLUSION AMONG 7-14 YEARS OLD SPECIALLY ABLED CHILDREN ATTENDING VARIOUS SPECIAL SCHOOLS IN MATHURA DISTRICT, INDIA
Obaid Khursheed, Sonal Gupta, Subhadeep Sarkar

ABSTRACT: 
Aim: The study aims is to determine the prevalence of malocclusion among 7-14 years old specially abled children attending various special schools in Mathura district, India. Materials And Methodology: Ethical approval of the protocol was obtained from the Institutional review board, K.D.dental college and hospital, Mathura.An epidemiological survey was conducted to determine the prevalence of malocclusion in children attending various special schools for specially abled in Mathura district, India. A total of 400 children which included 205 female and 195 male students were examined.According  to nature of handicap, they were divided into following groups: (1) Deaf and Dumb group (2) Mentally retarded(MR) group (3) Down’s syndrome group (4) Learning disability group (LD) and (5) Complex group (children with more than one handicapping condition/disability).A survey profoma prepared with the help of WHO oral health assessment form (1997) was used. Malocclusion was determined by applying the 10 components of dental aesthetic index(DAI) developed by Naham C.C, Joanna J and Frank J.K  in 1986 on study models for each individual. Results: Data obtained was subjected to statistical analysis using SPSS version 17. ANOVA and tukey test were employed for within and inter group comparisons respectively. Statistically highly significant difference was observed on inter group comparisons.Down’s syndrome group showed the highest mean DAI values followed by the mentally retarded group, while the learning disability group showed the lowest mean DAI values. Statistically non-significant difference was observed in all the groups, when compared on the basis of gender. Conclusion: Though the literature abounds with information on the normal children population, there is lack of information on the handicapped, especially on the occlusal characteristics of these children. Therefore, there is need for more information on children with special needs, especially on the occlusal characteristics of this population.
Key Words: Specially abled, malocclusion, complex group, DAI,  Down’s syndrome

 Corresponding Author: Dr.Obaid Khursheed, Department Of Pedodontics And Preventive Dentistry, K.D.Dental College And Hospital ; NH-2 : Post Chatikkara, Mathura  281003.    

This article may be cited as: Khursheed O,  Gupta S, Sarkar S. Prevalence of malocclusion among 7-14 years old specially abled children attending various special schools in Mathura District, India.  J Adv Med Dent Scie Res 2017;5(4):56-61.

 

 

 
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