Dental caries experience, care index and restorative index in children with learning disabilities and children without learning disabilities; a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Main Authors: Mark D. Robertson (Author), Falk Schwendicke (Author), Mariana Pinheiro de Araujo (Author), John R. Radford (Author), Jenny C. Harris (Author), Scott McGregor (Author), Nicola P. T. Innes (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Abstract Background Children with learning disabilities (CLD) have worse health outcomes than children with no learning disabilities (CNLD). This systematic review compared caries experience and met dental care need for CLD to CNLD using Decayed, Missing, Filled Permanent Teeth (DMFT) and decayed, m...