Dental Management Of Children With Visual Impairments

Vision is one of the primary senses that help a child construe his environment during the early years of life, the absence of which has damaging effect on his/her overall development. Oral health care needs of these children are often overridden by the focus on their medical rehabilitation. However, with the current understanding of the fundamental role played by dental health in the maintenance of the general health of an individual, it becomes all the more important to provide access to dental services whenever mandated. The Pediatric dentist plays an unmatched role in implementing their knowledge and skills to provide comprehensive and quality dental care to this proportion of the population.