Oral hygiene education of special needs children. Part 1: children with autism spectrum disorder

Figures & data

Figure 1. The PECS images in the educational programme for oral hygiene.

Figure 2. Duration of tooth brushing in children with autism.

Figure 3. Oral hygiene habits in children with autism.

Figure 4. Tooth brushing in children with autism.

Table 1. оHI of children with autism during the oral hygiene educational programme.

Children with autism, N = 30	Baseline OHI index	After 1 week	After 2 weeks	After 4 weeks	After 1 month	After 3 months	After 6 months	After 12 months
Mean	2.29	2.23	2.16	2.07	2.03	1.95	1.88	1.79
Standard error		0.05	0.05	0.04	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.07
Standard deviation		0.26	0.25	0.24	0.31	0.36	0.35	0.36
Comparison in dynamics with the previous OHI		p > 0.05	p > 0.05	p > 0.05	p > 0.05	p > 0.05	p > 0.05	p > 0.05
Comparison with the baseline OHI		p > 0.05	p > 0.05	p > 0.05	p > 0.05	t = 2.2 p < 0.05	t = 2.4 p < 0.05	t = 2.4 p < 0.05

Figure 5. Comparison between the state of oral hygiene at the beginning and at the end of the one-year training programme.