Abstract

Cerebral palsy is one of the most serious diseases that occur in the first year of life as a result of various brain injuries in the interior of the postpartum period. Patients with cerebral palsy lag behind in physical and mental development, and because of their inability to help themselves, this causes not only medical, but also social problems. Properly organized dental care for children with cerebral palsy is one of the measures to prevent caries and its complications. Study of oral hygiene status in children with cerebral palsy V.R. Ogonyan (2003) from the Fedorov-Volodkina method, He used the Schiller-Pisarev tests and the PMA index. Research has shown that:High prevalence of systemic enamel hypoplasia (19.04%), dental diseases with caries (93–100%). The examined 36 boys and girls were divided into 2 groups. Of these Group A includes 16 girls and boys. Group B consists of 20 girls and boys. In grouping severity rates were taken into consideration by type of brain paralysis. The prevalence of caries in the B-group of 20 patients is a mean CT = 55. To determine the oral hygiene index, the vestibular surfaces of the teeth of 43,42,41,31,32,33 children were examined using erythrocin solution.

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