Oral Health Problems among Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders in the United States

Authors

  • Zenab I. Yusuf, MBBS, MPH Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; Houston VA Health Services Research and Development Service Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA; and VA South Central Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, Houston, TX, USA
  • Deepa Dongarwar, MS Center of Excellence in Health Equity, Training and Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
  • Rafeek A. Yusuf, MBBS, MPH, MS Department of Management, Policy, and Community Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Houston, TX, USA
  • Hamisu M. Salihu, MD, PhD FCM-Adminstartion Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; and Center of Excellence in Health Equity, Training and Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21106/ijma.342

Keywords:

Neurodevelopmental disorder, Oral health problems, Children, United States

Abstract

Children with neurodevelopmental disabilities (NDD) suffer poor oral health problems (OHP) leading to adverse health outcomes. We examined the association between NDD and OHP among children in the United States (US) ages 3-17 years using data from the National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH) 2016-17. The prevalence of OHP was 19.1%. Children with NDD had about 40% greater likelihood of poor oral health compared to their non-NDD counterparts (p <0.0001). Living at or above 200%-300% of the federal poverty level (FPL), private insurance coverage, and living with a least a college educated adult were found to be protective factors against poor oral health among children.

 

Copyright © 2020 Yusuf et al. Published by Global Health and Education Projects, Inc. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License CC BY 4.0.

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Issue

Vol. 9 No. 1

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Short Research Communication

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