Hábitos orales en el paciente discapacitado psíquico
- Romero Maroto, M.
- Pérez Lajarín, L.
- García Ballesta, C.
- López Nicolás, M.
- López Jornet, P.
ISSN: 0210-1637
Année de publication: 1998
Volumen: 38
Número: 3
Pages: 157-162
Type: Article
D'autres publications dans: Ortodoncia española: Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Ortodoncia
Résumé
The purpose of this work is to analyze the prevalence of oral habits in a psychically handicapped population, a group of 233 individuals affected by cerebral palsy, oligophrenia and Down's syndrome, coming from special education centres of Murcia, aged between 5 and 25. All of them presented mental retardation in higher or lower degree. Study sample was exposed to a systematized exploration, after which, we observed the most often habit was tongue thrust, specially in Down's syndrome group, as well as in the group showing a severe mental retardation.