semmelweis university, Department of Community Dentistry

TOPIC

Dentistry – Orthodontics

VISION

Most of the children with disabilities can attend to a specialized preventive educational program, their oral-hygiene indices are the same as their healthy peers and they can receive high-quality treatment if needed.

MISSION

To provide a health care program to patients with special needs – especially children with disability – and to develop a method where the children’s cooperation and oral literacy can be improved.

SPECIFIC GOALS
  • PROJECT 1: Assessing the effectiveness of dental prevention programs among children – systematic review and meta-analysis.
  • PROJECT 2: School-based prevention program for special needs children – pilot study for a randomized controlled trial (RCT).

Progress Reports