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HomeModuleModule 1: An Introduction to Infants' and Young Children's Oral HealthModule 2: Managing Infants' and Young Children's Oral HealthModule 3: Oral Conditions and AbnormalitiesModule 4: Prevention of Oral DiseaseModule 5: Non-Nutritive Sucking HabitsModule 6: Oral InjuryModule 7: Infants and Young Children with Special Health Care NeedsContentsGlossaryEvaluationHelp
Module 7: Infants and Young Children with Special Health Care Needs
Module Contents
Overview
7.1 Children with Special Health Care Needs
7.2 Oral Health Status
7.3 Oral Conditions
Oral Development
Oral Trauma
Bruxism
Oral Infections
Gingival Overgrowth
7.4 Interview and
Risk Assessment

Interview
Risk Assessment
7.5 Oral Screening
7.6 Anticipatory Guidance
7.7 Dental Visits
7.8 The Dental Home
Key Points
Post-Test
References
Additional Resources


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Additional Resources

Abel SN, Croser D, Fischman SL, Glick M, Phelan JA, eds. 2000. Principles of Oral Health Management for the HIV/AIDS Patient: A Course for Training Oral Health Professionals. Philadelphia, PA: Dental Alliance for AIDS/HIV Care. http://www.critpath.org/daac/standards.html.

American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. 1998. Healthy Smiles for Children with Special Health Care Needs (videotape). Chicago, IL: American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry.

American Dental Association. 2000. ADA Guide to Dental Therapeutics (2nd ed.). Chicago, IL: ADA Publishing Company.

American Dental Hygienists' Association. 2003. Oral Health Information. http://www.adha.org/oralhealth.

Kids Get Care. 2003. Clinician's Caries Risk Assessment Tool. http://www.metrokc.gov/health/kgc/toolkit.htm.

Mouradian W, Porter A, and University of Washington, Center on Human Development and Disability. 2001. Proceedings: Promoting Oral Health of Children with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities and Other Special Health Needs. Seattle, WA: University of Washington, Center on Human Development and Disability. http://www.mchoralhealth.org/PDFs/LEND2001.pdf.

National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center. 2000. Inequalities in Access: Oral Health Services for Children and Adolescents with Special Health Care Needs [fact sheet]. Arlington, VA: National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health. http://www.mchoralhealth.org/PDFs/SHCNfactsheet.pdf.

National Oral Health Information Clearinghouse. 2003. Special Care in Oral Health. http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/OralHealth/OralHealthInformation/SpecialNeeds/SpecialCare.htm.

Nowak AJ, ed. 1999. The Handbook: Pediatric Dentistry (2nd ed). Chicago, IL: American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry.

Pinkham JR, Casamassimo PS, Fields HW, McTigue DJ, Nowak AJ, eds. 1999. Pediatric Dentistry: Infancy Through Adolescence (3rd ed.). Philadelphia, PA: W. B. Saunders Company.

Schultz ST, Shenkin JD, Horowitz AM. 2001. Parental perceptions of unmet dental need and cost barriers to care for developmentally disabled children. Pediatric Dentistry 23(4):321-325.

Southern Association of Institutional Dentists. 2003. Modules. http://www.saiddent.org/modules.asp.

Specialized Care Co. 2003. Specialized Products to Facilitate the Delivery of Oral Health Services. http://www.specializedcare.com.

University of the Pacific School of Dentistry, Department of Dental Practice. 1998. Overcoming Obstacles to Dental Health: A Training Program for Caregivers of People with Disabilities (4th ed.). San Francisco, CA: University of the Pacific School of Dentistry, Department of Dental Practice.

U.S. Public Health Service, Office of the Surgeon General. 2002. Closing the Gap: A National Blueprint to Improve the Health of Persons with Mental Retardation — Report of the Surgeon General’s Conference on Health Disparities and Mental Retardation. Rockville, MD: U.S. Public Health Service, Office of the Surgeon General. http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/mentalretardation/retardation.pdf.

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