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Oral Health Status of Institutionalized Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities in Lebanon J Oral Maxillofac Res 2017;8(1):e4 doi:10.5037/jomr.2017.8104 |
Oral Health Status of Institutionalized Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities in Lebanon
1Department of Dental Public Health, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon.
2Department of Research, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon.
3Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
4Department of Statistics, ISSAE-Cnam, Beirut, Lebanon.
5Department of Forensic Dentistry and Human Identification, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon.
Corresponding Author:
Al Riyad, Beirut
Lebanon
Phone: 009613243777
E-mail: hidiab@hotmail.com
ABSTRACT
Objectives: To assess the dental status of institutionalized intellectually disabled individuals in Lebanon and the role of background and behavioural determinants.
Material and Methods: Oral health was recorded for 652 individuals (6, 12, 15 and 35 - 44 years old) using the decayed, missing and filled teeth/decayed and filled teeth (DMFT/dft) index. Data collected was statistically analysed with statistical significance set at P = 0.05.
Results: Overall, mean DMFT index score was 5.86 (SD 6); composed of 3.64 (SD 4.05) decayed (D) teeth; 1.71 (SD 4.38) missing (M) teeth; 0.87 (SD 2.51) filled (F) teeth. DMFT was highest in adults (12.71 [SD 7.43]) and had a large component of missing (6.24 [SD 7.02]) and filled (3.31 [SD 4.56]) teeth. DMFT scores ranged between 3.5 (SD 4.44) at 6 years and 4.8 (SD 4.52) at 15 years and the decayed component was the main contributor. In multivariate analyses, governorate of residence was statistically significantly (P ≤ 0.040 and P ≤ 0.044) associated with D and DMFT, the degree of disability and caretaker educational level were statistically significantly (P = 0.009 and P = 0.008) associated with D, oral hygiene practices were statistically significantly (P ≤ 0.017; P < 0.001; P ≤ 0.017; P < 0.001) associated with D, M, F and DMFT and sugar consumption was statistically significantly (P ≤ 0.03 and P ≤ 0.019) associated with D and DMFT.
Conclusions: In Lebanon, preventive and treatment programs to improve the oral health status of institutionalized intellectually disabled subjects are needed.
J Oral Maxillofac Res 2017;8(1):e4
doi: 10.5037/jomr.2017.8104
Accepted for publication: 31 March 2017
Keywords: disabled persons; DMF index; intellectual disability; Lebanon; oral health; teeth.
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To cite this article: Diab HA, Salameh Z, Hamadeh GN, Younes G, Ayoub F. Oral Health Status of Institutionalized Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities in Lebanon J Oral Maxillofac Res 2017;8(1):e4 URL: http://www.ejomr.org/JOMR/archives/2017/1/e4/v8n1e4.pdf |
Received: 10 February 2017 | Accepted: 29 March 2017 | Published: 31 March 2017
Copyright: © The Author(s). Published by JOMR under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 licence, 2017.