Oral health of individuals with intellectual disabilities: a global cross-sectional study from the special olympics world games 2023
This study highlights an overall insufficient oral health status in athletes with ID. Even those who visited a dentist within the last year, treatment needs were not reduced significantly. More efforts compensating reduced oral hygiene capabilities and optimizing a barrier-free provision of dental care are needed.
Authors
- Imke Kaschke
- Susanne Krämer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8510-4022)
- Benedikt C. Spies (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1702-1679)
- A. Schulte (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8326-2326)
- Luc Marks (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5098-6726)
- Falk Schwendicke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1223-1669)
- A Hillebrecht (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3340-8857)
- Marc Auerbacher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9481-9820)
- Peter R. Schmidt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5700-3144)
Institutions
- University of Antwerp (BE)
- Witten/Herdecke University (DE)
- University of Freiburg (DE)
- University Medical Center Freiburg (DE)
- LMU Klinikum (DE)
- Antwerp University Hospital (BE)
- University of Chile (CL)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Oral Investigations
- Published
- 2025-04-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00784-025-06331-3
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Dental Health and Care Utilization
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.93