Dental care for persons with disabilities

Authors

• Kelly K. O'Brien, American Dental AssociationFollow

Search String

(("Disabled Persons"[Mesh] OR "Intellectual Disability"[Mesh] OR "Developmental Disabilities"[Mesh] OR disabled[tiab] OR disability[tiab] OR disabilities[tiab] OR “special needs”[tiab] OR “special healthcare needs”[tiab]) AND ("Dentistry"[Mesh] OR "Dental Health Services"[Mesh] OR "Oral Health"[Mesh] OR "Mouth Diseases"[Mesh] OR "Tooth Diseases"[Mesh] OR dent*[tiab] OR tooth[tiab] OR teeth[tiab] OR caries[tiab] OR “carious lesion*”[tiab] OR periodont*[tiab] OR gingiva*[tiab] OR gingivitis[tiab])) OR ("Dental Care for Persons with Disabilities"[Mesh] OR “special needs dental patient”[tiab] OR “special needs dental patients”[tiab] OR “special care dentistry”[tiab])

Databases

PubMed or PubMed subsidiary

Related questions

“As my patients age, some of them have started using wheelchairs. When is it better to treat them in their chair? Does it need to be a special kind of chair?” 

• Example search: Search string + enter keywords: mobility aids, patient positioning, wheelchair reclin*, transferring from wheelchair to dental chair, wheelchair to operatory chair, patient transfer*, patient lift* 

Recommended Citation

O'Brien, Kelly K., "Dental care for persons with disabilities" (2026). Search Strings. 1.
https://commons.ada.org/searchstrings/1