Learning disability (CLD) vs No learning disability (CNLD)
Unmet dental treatment need · Children aged 1-18 years
Narrative reports from 6 studies suggested greater unmet dental treatment need in children with learning disabilities (5 of 6 studies), but no quantitative data were available (certainty not graded).
1 finding from 1 review
- Dental caries experience, care index and restorative index in children with learning disabilities and children without… 2019 All outcomesCommunity and clinical settings (specialist paediatric dental clinics to school classrooms); 25 studies across 18 countriesSix studies gave narrative reports of unmet dental need (Table 10); 5 of 6 reported greater unmet treatment need in CLD than CNLD, with no supporting numerical data.6 studiesGRADE not reported