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Introduction: Traditionally, patients with physical and/or intellectual disabilities presented greater oral pathology,
owing to their condition and to other external factors. Improved social and health conditions make it necessary to
update knowledge on their oral and dental health.
Material and Methods: For this purpose, a bibliographic review was done regarding the state of oral health of children
with these two types of disability, in comparison with a control group. Some of the guidelines of the PRISMA
statement were taken into account. The ranking of the articles found is based on the modified Newcastle-Ottawa
Quality Assessment Scale. The final number of articles evaluated was 14. Parameters such as dental caries, oral
hygiene, gingival health, dental traumas, malocclusion and habits were considered.
Results: There is no consensus among authors regarding dental caries, oral hygiene and gingival health. The different
results obtained are due in part to the fact that the methodologies used were not the same. However, it has been
noted that, when studying other parameters and regardless of the methodology employed, the results obtained are
similar.
Conclusions: Children with physical and intellectual disabilities constitute a group that needs early and regular
dental care in order to prevent and limit the severity of the pathologies observed.
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