Authors : Shivangi Varshney, Ipseeta Menon, Ritu Gupta, Anubhav Sharma, Vikram Arora, Sana Bashir
DOI : 10.18231/j.jds.2020.017
Volume : 8
Issue : 2
Year : 2020
Page No : 76-89
Objective: To review and study the oral health status among visually and hearing-impaired individuals.
Data Sources and extraction: A literature was performed in main databases like- Pub Med Central, Cochrane Library, Embase and Google Scholar from year 2001 to 2020. This systematic review study was done according to PRISMA guideline.
Data synthesis: It was found that disabled individuals had poor oral health status as compared to the non-disabled individuals. Blind children experienced more caries than hearing-impaired children in permanent, whereas it was opposite in primary dentition. Braille language and text instructions can be very useful for visually impaired individuals irrespective of the degree of blindness and can help them to maintain oral hygiene. Hearing impaired individuals are taught with actions and visualisations.
Conclusion: As a public health personnel, the fact, it is extremely difficult to change people's attitudes rapidly. The sighted must know how to deal with the blind individuals and learn to overcome their own ambiguity, or their undesirable attitudes may be implemented and talk of social acceptance should not be felt in mind.
Keywords: Oral health status, Disability, Oral health related quality of life, Hearing impaired, Visually impaired