Dental Trauma in Children with Autistic Disorder: A Retrospective Study

Background. The oral health care of autistic children is elaborated; they often fail to define dental problems, and a family-centered approach can be useful to improve and intercept these disorders. Aim. To assess the oral status of autistic children, comparing it with no autistic patients. Material...

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Published in:BioMed research international 2021, Vol.2021, p.3125251-6
Main Authors: Marra, Paola Martina, Parascandolo, Stefano, Fiorillo, Luca, Cicciù, Marco, Cervino, Gabriele, D’Amico, Cesare, De Stefano, Rosa, Salerno, Paola, Esposito, Umberto, Itro, Annalisa
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Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Age
Age Factors
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Autism
Autistic children
Autistic Disorder - complications
Autistic Disorder - physiopathology
Biomedical research
Care and treatment
Child
Children
Dental Care - methods
Dental Care - trends
Dental Care for Children - methods
Dental Care for Children - trends
Dental enamel
Dental materials
Dental pulp
Dental restorative materials
Dentin
Dentistry
Diagnosis
Disorders
Distribution
Enamel
Endodontics
Epilepsy
Female
Humans
Hyperactivity
Injuries
Lip
Male
Males
Orthodontics
Patients
Periodontium
Retrospective Studies
Root Canal Therapy
Root canals
Sex Factors
Soft tissues
Statistical analysis
Teeth
Tissues
Tooth diseases
Tooth extractions
Tooth Fractures - therapy
Trauma
Variables
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Summary:Background. The oral health care of autistic children is elaborated; they often fail to define dental problems, and a family-centered approach can be useful to improve and intercept these disorders. Aim. To assess the oral status of autistic children, comparing it with no autistic patients. Materials and Methods. A retrospective study analyzed the oral health status of 70 children, 35 with autism and 35 without the disorder. Conditions assessed were dental trauma type, periodontal tissue injuries, soft tissue lip injuries, different treatments carried out, associated soft tissue findings and disorders, and the long-term management. All patients (≤15 years of age) were chosen consecutively. Results. Females (57%) suffered more traumatic injuries than males (43%) in the autistic group, whereas males affected by dental trauma (54%) are predominant in the control group. The enamel fracture was the main finding among the dental trauma types in both groups followed by enamel/dentin/pulp fracture (31%), root fracture (11%), and avulsions (3%) in the autistic group and by avulsions (20%), root fracture (11%), and enamel/dentin/pulp fracture (6%) in the control group. The comparison of all variables of the two groups showed a statistically significant difference (P
ISSN:2314-6133
2314-6141
DOI:10.1155/2021/3125251