Abstract
Cerebral palsy, one of the diseases of the central nervous system, is a serious disease that is caused by various brain injuries during the first year of life: before, inside and after childbirth. Patients with cerebral palsy lag behind in physical and mental development, and due to their inability to help themselves, this causes not only medical, but also social problems. Proper dental care for sick children with cerebral palsy is one of the measures to prevent diseases of the oral mucosa and its complications
Highlights
Providing dental care for children with cerebral palsy is one of the most pressing problems in medicine today.Changes in the general condition of the oral mucosa and changes in salivary composition, such as changes in the acid and alkaline environment in the salivary composition, are fundamentally different in healthy children [1.3.5]
THE PURPOSE OF THE TOPIC Application of papillarymarginal-alveolar index (PMA) index and methods for determining oral hygiene status in children with cerebral palsyand to determine if these patients need dental care
62 girls and boys aged 11 to 14 with cerebral palsy were recruited.PMA index in sick children was calculated using the method proposed by Schiller-Psarev
Summary
Providing dental care for children with cerebral palsy is one of the most pressing problems in medicine today.Changes in the general condition of the oral mucosa and changes in salivary composition, such as changes in the acid and alkaline environment in the salivary composition, are fundamentally different in healthy children [1.3.5]. 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. His research is by confirms poor hygiene of children with cerebral palsy, this is much higher than for children without this pathology.
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