Monitoring the state of oral health of a patient with cerebral paralysis: clinical case report

This case report describes a 12-year-old child diagnosed with cerebral palsy who was attended in the dental service in October 2012 with a chief complaint of caries. The dental history revealed that the child had difficulty in opening his mouth, chewing, and swallowing. In the intraoral examination, the patient had an atretic palate, fibrous gingiva, gingival bleeding, malocclusion, and presence of calculus in the supra and subgingival regions and presented epilepsy and low weight. In the complementary examinations, blood pressure was checked and the blood count was read.
Source: Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics - Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Source Type: research