Dental appointments for patients with special health care needs – especially those with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) – are no easy feat. Fraught with challenges, uncertainties, and fears, a dental appointment can be, at best, a trying situation and, at worst, traumatizing for patients with IDD. The sensation of plaque being scraped from teeth,
Is saliva the key to early disease detection and better oral health outcomes for patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities? originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
