A STATISTICAL STUDY ON THE DENTAL CARIES INCIDENCE IN AUTISTIC PERSON

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Journal of the Korean Academy of Pediatric Dentistry 1999;26(1):162-171.
Published online February 28, 1999.

A STATISTICAL STUDY ON THE DENTAL CARIES INCIDENCE IN AUTISTIC PERSON

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to make a comprehensive study and to provide information about the dental caries of autistic persons, and to aid improvement of their oral health. The authors examined intraorally 114(male; 87, female; 27) autistic persons and 119(male; 68, female; 51) normal persons as control group. The obtained results were as follows: 1. Autistic persons were found to have lower dft rate than normal persons. 2. There was no significant difference in dental caries incidence between male and female autistic persons. 3. Institutionalized autistic persons were found to have lower dental caries incidence of deciduous teeth than non-institutionalized autistic persons. 4. Autistic persons whose parent's occupation is laborer were found to have higer dft index than those whose parent's occupation is private business or employee.

Key Words: autistic person, dental caries, institutionalized, parent's occupation