[Dental survey of Down syndrome patients. Reflections and synthesis].

Abstract

This article presents a work made in year 1990 in the Asociación Odontológica Argentina, in a population of 192 persons with Down's Syndrome. The results were controlled with other Group (Control Group), taken as reference, same number of people, sex and age, not Down's Syndrome diagnostic. Age between 3 and 26 years-old. The examination evaluates: dental caries occurrence, filling and lost teeth, oral hygiene, diet and type of dental treatment received. The report illustrates the differences between the dental health care and dental treatment, in the population with Down's Syndrome and the control Group. The author calls the attention to dental profession to colaborate in the dental health care of Down's Syndrome population.