Dental procedures in children with or without intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder in a hospital setting.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This population-based cohort study investigated dental procedures in the hospital setting in Western Australian children with or without intellectual disability (ID) and/or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) aged up to 18 years. Considering previously reported disparities in dental disease between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian children, this study also investigated the effect of Indigenous status on dental procedures.

Methods

Data on Western Australian live births from 1983 to 2010 from the Midwives Notification System were linked to the Intellectual Disability Exploring Answers database and the Hospital Morbidity Data collection. Primary admissions for relevant dental diagnoses were identified, and treatment procedures for dental hospitalization were inves

SUBMITTER: Azimi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10947036 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature