Evaluation of periodontal status and detection of Dialister pneumosintes in cerebral palsy individuals: A Case-Control study

• Main Authors: S Riyaz Mohammed (Author), Nithya Anand (Author), S C Chandrasekaran (Author), Krishnan Mahalakshmi (Author), Kesavaram Padmavathy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: The worldwide prevalence of cerebral palsy among live births is estimated to be between 1.9 and 3.6/1000. The presence of periodontal disease in cerebral palsy children typically is due to bacterial plaque accumulation caused by their inability to correctly clean their own teeth, difficu...