Interrelation between Oral Health Status and Autism: A Case Report

Abstract

Children suffering from autism are most often unable to collaborate to doctor during dental procedures, which results in restricted access to dental services. The application of antiepileptic drugs, associated to the main common health disorder, can provoke initiation or progression of gingival hyperplasia. The aim of our study is to investigate the interrelation between the oral health status and condition of autism in child’s age in the context of a case report. The individual dental status registration ascertains a clinical finding of totally caries-resistant mixed dentition. It concerns a patient with very good personal oral hygiene. There are no signs of clinical manifestation of gingival inflammation. We accentuate on the fact that maintenance of proper common health status and oral health, respectively high quality of life, can be provided and ensured for children suffering from autistic spectrum disorder only when parents, dental medicine doctors and physicians of different professional scopes combine their efforts and collaborate with each other.