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Booth J, Erwin J, Burns L, Axford N, Horrell J, Wheat H, Witton R, Shawe J, Doughty J, Kaddour S, Boswell S, Devalia U, Nelder A, Paisi M. A Scoping Review of the Oral Health Status, Oral Health Behaviours and Interventions to Improve the Oral Health of Children and Young People in Care and Care Leavers. Dent J (Basel) 2024; 12:38. [PMID: 38392242 PMCID: PMC10887692 DOI: 10.3390/dj12020038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2023] [Revised: 12/07/2023] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Children and young people (CYP) in care experience poorer physical health and overall wellbeing in comparison to their peers. Despite this, relatively little is known about what their oral health needs and behaviours are. The aim of this scoping review was to provide a global perspective on the oral health status and behaviours of CYP in care and care leavers. It also aimed to synthesise interventions that have been trialled in this population to improve oral health. METHODS Five databases were searched, Ovid Embase, Ovid MEDLINE, CINAHL (EBSCOhost), SocINDEX (EBSCOhost) and Dentistry and Oral Sciences Source (EBSCOhost), alongside grey literature sources up to January 2023. Eligibility criteria were studies that (i) reported on children and adolescents aged 25 years or younger who are currently in formal/informal foster or residential care and care leavers, (ii) pertained to oral health profile, behaviours or oral health promotion interventions (iii) and were published in the English language. Thematic analysis was used to develop the domains for oral health behaviours and interventions. RESULTS Seventy-one papers were included. Most papers were published from very high or medium Human Development Index countries. CYP in care were found to experience high levels of decay, dental trauma, periodontal disease and poorer oral health-related quality of life. Oral health behaviours included limited oral health self-care behaviours and a lack of oral health-based knowledge. The trialled interventions involved oral health education, supervised brushing and treatment or preventative dental care. CONCLUSIONS This scoping review reveals that CYP in care experience poorer oral health in comparison to their peers. They are also less likely to carry out oral health self-care behaviours. This review highlights a scarcity of interventions to improve the oral health of this population and a paucity of evidence surrounding the oral health needs of care leavers.
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- Joelle Booth
- Centre for Dental Public Health and Primary Care, Queen Mary University of London, Turner Street, London E1 2AD, UK
- Peninsula Dental School, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK
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- Peninsula Dental School, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK
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- Peninsula Dental School, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK
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- Peninsula Medical School, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK
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- Peninsula Medical School, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK
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- Peninsula Medical School, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK
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- Peninsula Dental School, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK
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- School of Dentistry, Royal Liverpool University Dental Hospital, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5PS, UK
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- Pathway Oral Health Fellow, Pathway, 250 Euston Road, London NW1 2PG, UK
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- Patient and Public Involvement Member, Plymouth County Council, Plymouth PL1 3BJ, UK
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- Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals, University College London Hospitals, London NW1 2BU, UK
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- Peninsula Dental Social Enterprise, Plymouth PL6 8BT, UK
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- Peninsula Dental School, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK
- School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK
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Neville SE, Zidan T, Williams A, Rotabi-Casares KS. Child maltreatment and protection in the Arab Gulf Cooperation Council countries: A scoping review. CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT 2022; 134:105924. [PMID: 36244212 PMCID: PMC10511143 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2021] [Revised: 05/08/2022] [Accepted: 10/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND Research on child maltreatment and protection in the Arab Gulf Cooperation Council countries-Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)-is limited but growing, as is child protection as a sector. OBJECTIVES We aimed to identify themes and gaps in existing research on child maltreatment and protection, identify opportunities for building capacity in research and practice. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING N/A. METHODS We conducted a scoping review of empirical studies published in peer-reviewed journals in English and Arabic and reported methods and findings according to the PRISMA-ScR reporting protocol. Articles were coded by country, topic of research, and type of abuse studied, if any. RESULTS Our database search returned 6109 articles and 160 articles were included in our review. Themes included (1) prevalence, incidence, and characteristics of maltreatment, (2) outcomes associated with maltreatment, (3) attitudes, awareness, and reporting, (4) accidental injury and death potentially associated with neglect, (5) policy and practice. Eighty-seven articles studied Saudi Arabia, while 28 studied the UAE, 21 Kuwait, 13 Qatar, 12 Oman, and 11 Bahrain. Physical abuse was studied in 77 articles, followed by sexual abuse in 54 articles and emotional abuse in 54. CONCLUSION Although the medical community produces an encouraging volume of child maltreatment research, gaps remain. Intervention research is lacking, and further inquiry into family dynamics, culture, and spirituality could inform the development of effective interventions. Cross-sectoral collaboration among education, social work, law enforcement, and healthcare is also needed to safeguard children's rights in the GCC.
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- Indiana University School of Social Work, 1800 Mishawaka Ave., South Bend, IN, USA.
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- Boston College Social Work Library, 140 Commonwealth Ave., Chestnut Hill, MA, USA.
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Stoica AM, Kovacs-Ivacson CA, Stoica OE, Beresescu L, Monea M. Clinical and Pathological Manifestation of the Oral Mucosa in Institutionalized Children from Romania. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:15564. [PMID: 36497639 PMCID: PMC9740787 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph192315564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2022] [Revised: 11/20/2022] [Accepted: 11/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Institutionalized children, regardless of their age, are prone to psychiatric disorders, compared to those who live in two-parent families, due to the unfavorable physical and psychological conditions in which they develop. Unpropitious psychological conditions affect the child's general health and induce local manifestations that can be found in the oral cavity, affecting both soft tissues and teeth. Therefore, the purpose of our study was to assess and diagnose a series of pathological manifestations of the oral mucosa associated with poor living conditions or closely related to psychological stress. The clinical examination was performed by 4 specialist dentists, who consulted 150 children representing the study group and 52 children representing the control group, all having ages between 14 and 18 years old and meeting the same inclusion criteria. From the control group, 62.5% presented plaque-induced gingivitis (26.6% girls, 35.8% boys), 26.6% presented mucosal lesions produced by lip and cheek biting (23.3% girls, 35.8% boys), and 11.7% presented geographic tongue (6.6% girls, 5% boys), herpes simplex eruptions (3.3% girls, 4.2% boys) and oral ulcerations (12.5% girls, 10.8% boys). Morsicatio buccarul is a chronic, self-mutilating habit, currently becoming one of the most common tics encountered among institutionalized children. Furthermore, these children do not benefit from constant support and guidance to perform their dental hygiene, so the incidence of gingivitis induced by bacterial plaque and calculus is very high.
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- Alexandra Mihaela Stoica
- Department of Odontology and Oral Pathology, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Târgu Mures, 540139 Târgu Mures, Romania
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- Department of Odontology and Oral Pathology, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Târgu Mures, 540139 Târgu Mures, Romania
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- Department of Pedodontics, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Târgu Mures, 540139 Târgu Mures, Romania
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- Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Târgu Mures, 540139 Târgu Mures, Romania
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- Department of Odontology and Oral Pathology, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Târgu Mures, 540139 Târgu Mures, Romania
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Al-Khalifa K, AlYousef Y. Awareness of dental trauma management among school teachers in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. SAUDI JOURNAL OF MEDICINE AND MEDICAL SCIENCES 2022; 10:49-55. [PMID: 35283712 PMCID: PMC8869266 DOI: 10.4103/sjmms.sjmms_306_20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2020] [Revised: 08/13/2020] [Accepted: 09/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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The Correlation between Oral Self-Harm and Ethnicity in Institutionalized Children. CHILDREN-BASEL 2020; 8:children8010002. [PMID: 33374663 PMCID: PMC7822475 DOI: 10.3390/children8010002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2020] [Revised: 12/20/2020] [Accepted: 12/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Oral self-harm was described in institutionalized children who share a lack of emotional attention; frequently these children experience feelings such as neglect, loneliness, isolation or lack of connection with the world. The aim of our paper was to conduct a cross-sectional study in order to assess the prevalence of this behavior and its correlation with ethnicity among children from three institutions located in the central part of Romania. We examined 116 children from three ethnic groups, Romanians, Hungarians and local Roma population aged between 10–14 years old. The oral soft tissues were evaluated by one dentist who recorded the lesions of lips, buccal mucosa, commissures and tongue; data were statistically analyzed at a level of significance of p < 0.05. We found oral self-harm lesions in 18.1% participants, with statistically significant higher odds in girls (p = 0.03). The results showed an association between ethnicity and the development of these lesions (Chi-square p = 0.04). The most frequent lesions were located at oral commissures (35.48%), buccal mucosa (29.03%) and upper lip (19.36%). Oral self-harm lesions have a high incidence among institutionalized children in Romania. Identification of these cases in early stages is important, as these conditions are known to be aggravated during adolescence and adulthood.
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AlSadhan SA, Al-Jobair AM, Bafaqeeh M, Abusharifa H, Alagla M. Dental and medical health status and oral health knowledge among visually impaired and sighted female schoolchildren in Riyadh: a comparative study. BMC Oral Health 2017; 17:154. [PMID: 29258491 PMCID: PMC5735896 DOI: 10.1186/s12903-017-0446-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2016] [Accepted: 12/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Background The impact of visual impairment on oral health in the literature is inconclusive, and the available information on the medical and dental health status of visually impaired children is limited. The aim of this study was to evaluate the dental and medical health status, and to assess the oral health knowledge of visually impaired girls aged 6–12 years, and compare them to that of sighted children. Methods This analytical cross-sectional study was carried out on 79 visually impaired and 83 age-matched sighted female primary school children. The children’s demographic data, medical history, and dental history were obtained through a validated questionnaire. The study population was examined to evaluate their dental caries status using the Decayed Missing Filled Teeth/Surface indices DMFT/DMFS/ and dmft/dmfs for permanent and primary teeth, respectively. Oral hygiene index (OHI), Plaque index (PI) and gingival index (GI) were obtained for periodontal evaluation. Pearson’s Chi-square test and t-test were used for the statistical analyses. Results The general health for both groups was found to be good; however, 21.5% of the visually impaired children had systemic diseases compared with only 4.8% of the sighted children (P = 0.002). Statistically significant differences (P < 0.001) were found between the two groups with regards to OHI. Among the sighted children, 49.4% had good oral hygiene compared with only 22.8% of the visually impaired group. The plaque accumulation was found to be greater among the visually impaired group and gingivitis was also higher. The DMFS score was found to be higher (P = 0.03) among the visually impaired group. Conclusions The visually impaired children had more medical conditions and poorer oral health status compared to their sighted peers.
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- Salwa A AlSadhan
- Department of Periodontics and Community Dentistry, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, P. O. Box 60169, Diriyah, Riyadh, 11545, Saudi Arabia.
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- Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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