A Healing Touch for Cerebral Palsy Patient in Dental Clinic
Patients with cerebral palsy, a persistent, nonprogressive brain condition, may experience seizures, joint contractions, mental and motor deficits, and sensory impairments of vision and hearing. This inherent neuromuscular problem affects oral health significantly imparting orofacial abnormalities a...
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| description | Patients with cerebral palsy, a persistent, nonprogressive brain condition, may experience seizures, joint contractions, mental and motor deficits, and sensory impairments of vision and hearing. This inherent neuromuscular problem affects oral health significantly imparting orofacial abnormalities and difficulty in maintaining oral hygiene leading to dental caries. In such cases, most of the teeth are pulpally involved and are routinely extracted under general anesthesia. Approach to endodontic treatment is less. Due to the scarcity of the literature mentioning about endodontic treatment of cerebral palsy patients under local anesthesia in a dental clinic or hospital, this case report describes the case of young male patient affected with cerebral palsy treated endodontically successfully under local anesthesia. More adaptive and accommodating methods, as well as specific knowledge and skills, are needed when providing oral care for people with special needs. Clinicians can achieve satisfactory results, rendering psychological benefit to such patients by opting the endodontic procedure approach. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0b9feb2914fc4c29afd975c9704d1bda2025-08-20T01:53:00ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Dental Sciences0976-40032231-22932025-01-01171222510.4103/ijds.ijds_123_22A Healing Touch for Cerebral Palsy Patient in Dental ClinicVishesh GuptaSankalp NigamTarun SaxenaPatients with cerebral palsy, a persistent, nonprogressive brain condition, may experience seizures, joint contractions, mental and motor deficits, and sensory impairments of vision and hearing. This inherent neuromuscular problem affects oral health significantly imparting orofacial abnormalities and difficulty in maintaining oral hygiene leading to dental caries. In such cases, most of the teeth are pulpally involved and are routinely extracted under general anesthesia. Approach to endodontic treatment is less. Due to the scarcity of the literature mentioning about endodontic treatment of cerebral palsy patients under local anesthesia in a dental clinic or hospital, this case report describes the case of young male patient affected with cerebral palsy treated endodontically successfully under local anesthesia. More adaptive and accommodating methods, as well as specific knowledge and skills, are needed when providing oral care for people with special needs. Clinicians can achieve satisfactory results, rendering psychological benefit to such patients by opting the endodontic procedure approach.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/ijds.ijds_123_22cerebral palsyendodonticslocal anesthesiaroot canal treatmentspecial care dentistry |
| spellingShingle | Vishesh Gupta Sankalp Nigam Tarun Saxena A Healing Touch for Cerebral Palsy Patient in Dental Clinic Indian Journal of Dental Sciences cerebral palsy endodontics local anesthesia root canal treatment special care dentistry |
| title | A Healing Touch for Cerebral Palsy Patient in Dental Clinic |
| title_full | A Healing Touch for Cerebral Palsy Patient in Dental Clinic |
| title_fullStr | A Healing Touch for Cerebral Palsy Patient in Dental Clinic |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Healing Touch for Cerebral Palsy Patient in Dental Clinic |
| title_short | A Healing Touch for Cerebral Palsy Patient in Dental Clinic |
| title_sort | healing touch for cerebral palsy patient in dental clinic |
| topic | cerebral palsy endodontics local anesthesia root canal treatment special care dentistry |
| url | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/ijds.ijds_123_22 |
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