Intervención odontológica actual en niños con autismo. La desensibilización sistemática
- Gómez Legorburu, Begoña
- Badillo Perona, Vanesa
- Martínez Pérez, Eva Mª
- Planells del Pozo, Paloma
ISSN: 1697-6398, 1697-641X
Argitalpen urtea: 2009
Alea: 6
Zenbakia: 3
Orrialdeak: 51-59
Mota: Artikulua
Beste argitalpen batzuk: Científica dental: Revista científica de formación continuada
Laburpena
Autism is a developmental disorder that severely affects social interaction, language, behaviour and cognitive functions. Children with autism must be educated at schools that provide special education and personalised attention that aims to bring them closer, insofar as possible, to the reality that surrounds them. With a view to improving their quality of life through general health and specifically oral health, we as dentists have a very important task in reaching out to these children and involving them in preventive and maintenance programmes together with parents and teachers. Through this article we aim to inform dentists of the characteristics of children with this disease and the protocols required to ensure they receive proper care during their dental visits. It is also our objective to foster oral health maintenance through parent and teacher collaboration.