Abstract
The provision of dental services, including dental treatment and oral hygiene maintenance, to special-needs children presents unique challenges to health care professionals as well as to the parents and guardians of these special patients. A knowledge of dental care and of the implications of the various disorders common to these patients is vital to the long-term dental health of children with special needs. Limitations in treatment choices must be carefully explained to parents or guardians if inappropriate expectations are to be avoided. Many of the techniques of delivering quality dental services are difficult, time-consuming, and complicated. Yet it should be noted that the restoration of a diseased mouth takes more time and is more costly both monetarily and psychologically than efforts to provide adequate maintenance and prevention. When caregivers take the time to offer assistance to the young child with special needs, the best form of health care is being provided: prevention.
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