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Oral health challenges facing Dubai children with Autism Spectrum Disorder at home and in accessing oral health care

Authors:

  • D. Mansoor
    Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  • M. Al Halabi
    Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Hamdan Bin Mohammed College of Dental Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  • A. H. Khamis
    Biostatistics & Genetic Epidemiology. Hamdan Bin Mohammed College of Dental Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  • M. Kowash
    Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Hamdan Bin Mohammed College of Dental Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23804/ejpd.2018.19.02.06

ABSTRACT


Aim

To investigate the challenges faced by Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) children and their families in Dubai from three
different perspectives of dental care: oral care at home, oral care at the dentist and access to oral care, and to compare the results to their normally developing peers.

Methods

A case-control comparative study of 84 ASD and 53 healthy children
attending special needs centres and schools in Dubai including siblings of the autistic children. Data collection was by a survey
questionnaire completed by parents or guardians.

Results

More parents of ASD children compared to parents of healthy children
reported difficulties across almost all oral care variables explored. The majority of ASD children’s parents (83.3%) reported that their children need assistance in brushing their teeth compared with 15.4% of the healthy controls (p-value < 0.001). The ASD children’s uncooperative behaviour increased during dental visits and significantly more parents (37%) rated their child’s experience as negative compared with 9.5% among the parents of control children (p-value=0.006). The autistic children had visited a dentist mostly for extractions.

Conclusion

This study indicates that autistic children in Dubai experience more challenges and barriers to oral care than their typically developing healthy peers.

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Publication date:

June /2018

Keywords:

autism spectrum disorder, dubai children, oral healthcare, united arab emirates

Issue:

Vol.19 – n.2/2018

Page:

127 – 133

Publisher:

Ariesdue

Cite:


Harvard: D. Mansoor, M. Al Halabi, A. H. Khamis, M. Kowash (2018) "Oral health challenges facing Dubai children with Autism Spectrum Disorder at home and in accessing oral health care", European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, 19(2), pp127-133. doi: 10.23804/ejpd.2018.19.02.06
Vancouver: D. Mansoor, M. Al Halabi, A. H. Khamis, M. Kowash. Oral health challenges facing Dubai children with Autism Spectrum Disorder at home and in accessing oral health care. European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry [Internet]. 2018Jun.1 [cited 2023Mar.27];19(2):127-133. Available from: https://www.ejpd.eu/abstract-pubmed/oral-health-challenges-facing-dubai-children-with-autism-spectrum-disorder-at-home-and-in-accessing-oral-health-care/
MLA: D. Mansoor, M. Al Halabi, A. H. Khamis, M. Kowash Oral health challenges facing Dubai children with Autism Spectrum Disorder at home and in accessing oral health care. European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry. 2018;19(2):127-133

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