IMPROVEMENT OF CARIES PREVENTION METHODS FOR CHILDREN WITH MENTAL RETARDATION

Abstract

In modern society, diseases of the oral cavity are of humanitarian, socio -
economic significance. Today, tooth decay and periodontal disease remain the
most common dental disease not only among adults, but also among younger
populations around the world. According to recent epidemiological studies
conducted on healthy children, the incidence of dental pathology is high, with the
prevalence of caries among healthy age groups 12-15 years old is 63.3-83 years,
4% and 81.7-88.7%, intensity 3.02 -3.75 and 4.6-5.73, and the prevalence of
periodontal tissue diseases in the group of healthy 12-year-old children ranged
from 37.8% to 50%, in the 15-year-old group of children it ranged from 57.7% to
84, 7%. The prevalence of caries is also high in children with mental retardation
of preschool and school age, while the intensity of caries is higher in children aged
13–18 years with mild mental retardation (MAD). These indicators increase with
age and depend on the severity of the underlying disease.