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Oral health characteristics of patients living with intellectual disability at transition phase from pediatric dental service to adult dental service: A systematic review.

Abdullah AloufiHassan AbedSam AndreassonTim Newton
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 (2022)
It seems that a considerable percentage of patients living with intellectual disability in their transition phase, aged between 18 and 25 years, have a high prevalence of dental caries, gingivitis, and periodontal disease when compared to the general population.
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