Determinants of dental care use in patients with rare diseases: a qualitative exploration

Lisa Friedlander, Ariane Berdal, Valérie Cormier-Daire, Stanislas Lyonnet, Nicolas Garcelon, Lisa Friedlander, Ariane Berdal, Valérie Cormier-Daire, Stanislas Lyonnet, Nicolas Garcelon

Abstract

Background: Oral health is an inherent part of overall health as an important physiological crossroad of functions such as mastication, swallowing or phonation; and plays a central role in the life of relationships facilitating social and emotional expression.Our hypothesis was that in patients with rare diseases, access to dental care could be difficult because of the lack of professionals who know the diseases and accept to treat the patients, but also because some patients with cognitive and intellectual disabilities could not find adequate infrastructure to assist in managing their oral health.

Methods: This study employed a qualitative descriptive design including semi-structured interviews using guiding themes. The transcripts were reviewed to identify key themes and interviews were performed until the data were saturated and no further themes emerged.

Results: Twenty-nine patients from 7 to 24 years old were included in the study of which 15 patients had an intellectual delay. The results show that access to care is complicated more by aspects concerning intellectual disability than by the fact that the disease is rare. Oral disorders are also an obstacle to the maintenance of their oral health.

Conclusion: The oral health of patients with rare diseases, can be greatly enhanced by a pooling of knowledge between health professionals in the various sectors around the patient's care. It is essential that this becomes a focus of national public health action that promotes transdisciplinary care for the benefit of these patients.

Keywords: Care course; Disabilities; Orality disorders; Quality of life; Rare disease.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest that could be perceived as prejudicing the impartiality of the research reported.

© 2023. The Author(s).

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