Dental trauma in children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Victor Zanetti DrumondThaynara Nascimento de OliveiraJosé Alcides Almeida de Arruda Ricardo Alves de Mesquita Lucas Guimarães Abreu

Published in: Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry (2023)

Children and adolescents with ADHD are more likely to have dental trauma than their non-ADHD peers. However, due to limitations in the design of the included studies, a causal relationship cannot be established.

Keyphrases

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
autism spectrum disorder
oral health
working memory
trauma patients