Cerebral Compassy

Cerebral palsy remains one of the most common debilitating diseases in the world. Factors such as neuromuscular incoordination, use of soft diet and delayed oral clearance of food make maintenance of optimum oral hygiene a challenging task in these children. The compromised oral hygiene in turn make these children highly vulnerable to dental disease. Maintaining optimal oral/dental health in CP children is of utmost importance as these children usually suffer from several associated general health problems in addition to their primary condition. Poor dental health further compromises their general health. Nevertheless, CP children suffer from dental diseases especially dental caries more than healthy children; which also underlines the need for improvement in oral health of the CP children. The CP children are dependent on those around them for their oral hygiene and dietary intake. CP children spend most of their time with health care workers in special centers for them or with their parents/care takers at home. Therefore, the attitude of these people i.e special health care workers and parents towards dental health is of prime importance. The purpose of this project included; determining
It is contemplated that by addressing the identified weak areas, a definite improvement in dental health and care of the CP children is expected. It is also expected that the collected information will help in improvement of clinical preventive as well as restorative services for the CP children. CP children and their parents lead a challenging life. This project was an effort to assist these children and their parents/care takers with ultimate goal of improving their oral health and in turn their overall quality of