Affiliations: Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry,
Sharad Pawar Dental College, Sawangi, Wardha, Maharashtra, India | Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial
Orthopaedics, Sharad Pawar Dental College, Sawangi, Wardha, Maharashtra,
India
Note: [] Corresponding author: Kavita Hotwani, Department of Pedodontics
and Preventive Dentistry, Sharad Pawar Dental College, Sawangi, Wardha,
Maharashtra, India. E-mail: hotwani.kavita@gmail.com
Abstract: Cerebral palsy (CP) describes a group of permanent disorders of the
development of movement and posture, causing activity limitation, that are
attributed to non-progressive disturbances that occurred in the developing
fetal or infant brain. The motor disorders of CP are often accompanied by
epilepsy, secondary musculoskeletal problems, and disturbances of sensation,
perception, cognition, communication, and behavior. Spastic quadriparesis is
the most severe form of spastic cerebral palsy. The present report describes
the management of a 5-year-old patient with early childhood caries and spastic
quadriparesis. The oral manifestations and clinical guidelines are discussed
considering the special health care needs in these patients so as to provide
comprehensive dental care.
Keywords: Early childhood caries, spastic quadriparesis, dental management
