The disability makes the dental care of people whose particular needs, unfortunately, tend to be neglected, and whose care results, according to the statistics, of inferior quality compared to the treatments received by the general population. Regardless of any moral deviation, this is a sign at least of a naive and unjustified demographic histopia, denied by the ever-increasing number of older adults and the parallel increase in physical and mental disabilities.

The most frequent oral conditions in patients with disabilities are a periodontal disease (pyorrhea) and caries, oral mucosa diseases and pathological changes of occlusion and masticatory function. Of course, other factors affect the worsening of the oral health of these patients: limited or absent self-sufficiency, pharmacological therapies, and special facial or systemic features.

The dentist in Delhi NCR care of people with disabilities aims therefore to improve the oral health conditions of individuals with physical, sensory, intellectual, mental, medical or emotional deficits or who have a combination of the factors mentioned, as happens in the majority of cases, and this reason has limitations in their ability to receive routine dental treatments. Continue reading →