This article looks at some of the issues around providing and receiving dental care for autistic children and adults in the shadow of COVID-19 and suggests management approaches. COVID-19 represents yet another barrier to accessing dental care for some individuals with ASD.Dental professionals need to specifically ask families at recall about how the pandemic has,and continues to affect the individual concerned.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWendy Bellis is Assistant Clinical Director and Specialist Paediatric Senior Dental Officer for Camden and Islington Community Dental Service (Whittington Health). She is considered a world renowned voice on autism and paediatric dentistry, and news editor David Westgarth sat down with her to discuss some of the challenges presented by autistic patients.
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