Children with special health care needs: exploring the relationships between patients' level of functioning, their oral health, and caregivers' oral health-related responses.

Purpose: The purposes of this study were to increase dentists' understanding of how to best engage parents and their children with special health care needs (SHCN) in oral health promotion efforts and explore the relationships between these patients' level of functioning and oral health and their parents' comfort concerning oral health promotion.

Methods: Survey data were collected from 154 caregivers of SHCN children. Children's oral health data were obtained from their clinical charts.

Children with Special Health Care Needs: Exploring the Relationships between Patients' Level of Functioning, Their Oral Health, and Caregivers' Oral Health-related Responses.

Purpose: The purposes of this study were to increase dentists' understanding of how to best engage parents and their children with special health care needs (SHCN) in oral health promotion efforts and explore the relationships between these patients' level of functioning and oral health and their parents' comfort concerning oral health promotion.

Methods: Survey data were collected from 154 caregivers of SHCN children. Children's oral health data were obtained from their clinical charts.

Assessment of restorative treatment of patients with amelogenesis imperfecta.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess restorative treatment outcomes in the mixed dentition of amelogenesis imperfecta (AI) patients and determine the postrehabilitation oral health status and satisfaction of the patients.

Methods: Clinical and radiographic examinations were performed on eight AI patients, who had 74 restorations placed in permanent incisors and molars, to allow evaluation of the integrity of the restorations and periodontal status post-treatment. Subjects completed a survey regarding esthetics, function, and sensitivity.