Dental Health and Medicine: Dental Patients with Special Needs

Reports on communication access, emotional and mental access, and physical access for people with disabilities including anxiety, autism spectrum, blindness and low vision, deaf and hard of hearing, mobility disabilities, multiple chemical sensitivities, and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Includes strategies regarding mental capabilities, behavior problems, mobility problems, neuromuscular problems, uncontrolled body movements, cardiac disorders, gastroesophageal reflux, seizures, visual impairments, hearing loss and deafness, and latex allergies.

Includes strategies regarding communication problems and mental capabilities, behavior problems, unusual responses to stimuli, unusual and unpredictable body movements, and seizures.

Includes strategies regarding uncontrolled body movements, primitive reflexes, mental capabilities, seizures, visual impairments, hearing loss and deafness, dysarthria, and gastroesophageal reflux.

Includes strategies regarding intellectual disability, behavior management, medical conditions, cardiac disorders, compromised immune systems, hypotonia, seizures, hearing loss and deafness, and visual impairments.

Include strategies regarding mental challenges, behavior challenges, physical challenges, cerebral palsy, cardiovascular anomalies, seizures, visual impairments, and hearing loss and deafness.

Instructions for performing a 2-person transfer in a dental operatory.

Suggestions for caregivers of people with developmental disabilities for brushing teeth, flossing teeth, and for visiting the dentist.