DIFFICULTIES IN TEACHING ORAL HYGIENE TO CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS

Abstract

According to the data of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation for 2021, in Russia, autism was diagnosed in more than 36 thousand children, which corresponds to about 0.1% of the country's child population. Teaching oral hygiene to children with ASD is a complex, multi-step task. Very often, we start working with these groups of children by teaching parents about children's oral hygiene. When teaching children to teach oral hygiene, it is necessary to connect a teacher - psychologist or a defectologist. Success in training largely depends on cooperation and mutual understanding between the pediatric dentist, parents and the child.