1. SPECIAL ORTHODONTIC NEEDS OF SPECIAL CHILDREN A Complex Inter-Play

2. AIM & INTRODUCTION
To provide an insight into the prevalence and severity of different
malocclusions in special children and adolescents and assessment
of treatment needs using IOTN index.
According to the UNESCO report (U.N.D.P. Report 2008) India stands at
102 nd position in the "Education for all developmental index" out of 129 countries
132 nd place in the list of 172 nations on human development index (HDI)
Handicap
Disability
Impairment
Disease

3. MATERIALS AND METHODS
The study was performed over the period of 12 months from different centers of ASHA schools for special children in five different cities of the India viz. Lucknow, Jammu, Pune , Delhi and Pathankot.
S .N
Disability
Age group
Total 1
Mentally retarded
( 40 % mild,55% moderate and 5% severe)
05-20
68 (m-28.f-40) 2
Locomotor disability
05-15
22(m-10 f-12) 3
Speech disability
16(m-9 f-7) 4
Vision disability
09 (m-5 f-4) 5
Hearing disability
20 (m-12 f-08) 6
Syndromic cases
36(m-16 f-20)
171(m-79f-91)

4. RESULTS AND STATS. SN
MENTAL RETARD
(in %)
LOCOMOTOR
DISABILITY
SPECCH DISABILITY
VISION DISABILITY
HEARING DISABILITY
SYNDROMIC CASES
CLASS I 60
m-45 f-55 72
m-50 f-50 70
m-65 f-35 50
m-55 f-45 66 20
CLASS II 25
m-55f -45 10
m-40 f-60 30 18 40
CLASS III
15-m 70 f -30 - 16
ALTERED ERUPTION 62
m-60 f 40 5 12
CLEFT 2 14
IMPACTION 34
m-65,f -35
AVERAGE IOTN 4
m60 f 40 3
m-35 f-65
m-60 f-40
statistically significant difference was observed between male and female patients with respect to presence of Class I, II & III malocclusion among mentally retarded and speech disabled group. Chi square values (p>0.05)
distribution of Altered Eruption, Impaction, and Cleft among six groups of disabilities do not show a significant difference between male and female patients.