The Oral Status Survey Tool: construction, validity, reliability and feasibility among people with mild and moderate intellectual disabilities.

The OSST is a novel tool that can record a range of clinical oral features including tooth count, denture wear, occluding pairs of teeth and functional dentition, oral cleanliness, gum condition, carious cavitation and oral pain that will be useful within health surveys of people with mild-moderate IDs and similarly neglected populations. The tool demonstrates promising attributes and acceptability. From this study, the OSST appears to be a robust tool that can be incorporated into general data collection for people with mild-moderate IDs and similar populations. A key feature is that it can be administered by well-trained non-dentists.