Autistic patients: a retrospective study on their dental needs and the behavioural approach.

Introduction: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a lifelong heterogeneous psychiatric disorder that represents a challenge for dentists. The aim of this retrospective study was to analyse ASD patients' dental needs and to investigate key factors influencing the behavioural management.

Materials And Methods: One hundred eighteen ASD subjects (levels 2 and 3 of the DSM-5), adults and children, treated at university dental hospital, were included.

[Dental care for disabled people].

Context: Patients with disabilities represent a population with special needs whose dental care management constitutes a public health problem. This article describes dental care of disabled people in a hospital dental care unit to highlight the difficulties encountered and propose ways to improve this care.

Methods: A retrospective descriptive study was carried out on patients followed between 2010 and 2016 as part of the partnership between the Albert Chenevier Hospital odontology department and the RHAPSOD'IF network.

[Oral hygiene prevention actions at Albert Chenevier hospital: Open day for schools].

Background: Since 1994, the dental department of Albert Chenevier hospital in Créteil organizes an “open day” for schoolchildren in Creteil. This action is organized in collaboration with the Creteil Social Action Community Centre (CCAS) health prevention service and is part of a prevention programme designed to reduce caries prevalence in children aged 6 to 7 years. This programme helps especially children from disadvantaged groups or with disabilities.

Regional odontodysplasia: expression of matrix metalloproteinases and their natural inhibitors.

Regional odontodysplasia is a localized disorder of tissues of dental origin that results in a ghost-like appearance of the affected teeth. We present a case with a study of gingival tissue around the follicle. The results show evidence of the role of the matrix metalloproteinases and their natural inhibitors by resident cells in this pathosis.