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Design considerations for a dental health care for patients with special needs

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Lakshmi, Krishnan
Madan Kumar, P. D
Das, Himangshu
Document typeArticle
Defense date2018-05-31
PublisherCàtedra d'Accessibilitat (CATAC)
Rights accessOpen Access
Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
Except where otherwise noted, content on this work is licensed under a Creative Commons license : Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
Abstract
Out of 121 million population, 2.86 crore accounts for disabled people which 1.21% of total population. It has been reported that oral health care status of disabled people are poor than normal population. The main reason for this situation is barrier to access health care centres. This article throws light on definition and types of disability listed by Indian government. It also highlights the prevalence of disability and their oral health status. Article focuses on barrier in accessing dental care and guidelines required to build a disable friendly dental health care deliver center to make the treatment acceptable for such pupils. It is utmost important to provide dental care to such patients by overcoming the barrier to accessibility. Before motivating the patients and caregivers, it is the dentist who has to be motivated first in fulfilling special health care needs of patients resulting in improvement of quality of life.
CitationLakshmi, K.; Madan Kumar, P. D; Das, H. Design considerations for a dental health care for patients with special needs. "Journal of Accessibility and Design for All", 31 Maig 2018, vol. 8, núm. 1, p. 80-101. 
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/2117/117817
DOI10.17411/jacces.v8i1.168
ISSN2013-7087
Publisher versionhttp://www.jacces.org/index.php/jacces/article/view/168/193
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