Barriers to Professional Dental Care among Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

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作者：
Abdulmonem A. Alshihri
Mansour H. Al-Askar
Mohammed S. Aldossary
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[1] King Saud University,Department of Prosthetic Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry
[2] King Saud University,Department of Periodontics and Community Dentistry, College of Dentistry
[3] General Directorate of Dentistry,undefined
[4] Ministry of Health,undefined
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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | 2021年 / 51卷
关键词：
Autism spectrum disorder; Dental care; Dental health services; Health services accessibility; Pediatric dentistry;
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Aims were to: (1) investigate the parental difficulties toward their ASD children dental care and, (2) analyze factors influencing their access to such services. Questionnaires were completed by 142 mothers of ASD children. Children aged between 2.5 and 14 years old, with 3.9:1 male to female ratio. 68.3% perceived difficulties in finding dental care. Most barriers were: Cost (75.4%), finding a dentist to treat ASD child (74.6%), and behavior of their ASD child (45.1%). There was no difference among age and “difficulty finding dental care” (p = 0.429). Having medical insurance and previous bad experience showed significant effects on the difficulty in finding dental care (p < 0.05). Children with ASD and their parents encounter various barriers to dental services.
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