ASSESSMENT OF ORAL HEALTH IN PATENTS WITH VISUAL IMPAIREMENT

Sarah Fahad*, Gada Al Oraini, Rawan Eidah, Arwa Al Howerainy, Alaa Algaban, Dr. Haneen Alshukairi, Dr. Hattan F Algaban, Dr. Salman alonizi

ABSTRACT

Background: The vision is the fifth sense in human body, with this sense the children can learn and develop the skills and help them in grow up, while if the child lost this sense it may affect a lot of skills that they must learn during 1st to 3rd year of their life, because most of learning and skills development depends on the vision. Aim: There is little information available concerning the oral health in patient with visual impairment in Riyadh City. Methodology: A total of 118 children 54 are visually impaired from (Al-Noor institution) in Riyadh were selected for the study 26 girls and 28 boys as well as 64 from the control group were selected from Riyadh Elm University 36 boys and 28 girls. Result: This study showed that the test group had a higher mean DMFT and dmft components than the control group did. The high caries experience observed in the blind group in the present study coincides with that found in other studies. Conclusion: So, the visual impairment child has difficulty with oral hygiene that make the caries prevalence high, also traumatic injury increase special anterior teeth.

Keywords: Visual Impairment, Oral Hygiene, Caries, DMFT.