Study | Disability for CLD group | Relative level of unmet dental need in CLD compared with CNLD | Narrative text on dental care provided for caries |
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Down | Higher for CLD | DS children receive less treatment of the deciduous dentition - this may be due to the delay in eruption of the teeth when examined alongside non-DS children of a similar age. | |
El Khatib 2014 [22] | Autism | Higher for CLD | In the primary dentition, children with ASD had more untreated caries. In the mixed stage, ASD children with ASD had less filled teeth than children without ASD. |
Jaber 2011 [26] | Autism | Higher for CLD | Autistic children receive 60% less treatment. |
Palin 1982 [60] | Range of conditions | Higher for CLD | In comparison with the healthy, the retarded children are not given enough dental care with respect to their treatment need. |
Stabholz 1991 [63] | Down | Higher for CLD | Authors hypothesise that because treating those with DS and MR (institutionalised) is more expensive, more complex and requires more specialised personnel, only a small proportion of their needs are met. |
Forsberg 1985 [24] | Range of conditions | Lower for CLD | The severely mentally retarded children had been offered dental care to the same extent as healthy children |