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Autistic Child And Dental Management(รายงานผู้ป่วยเด็กออทิสติคและการจัดการทางทันตกรรม), Thipawan Tharapiwattananon

Chulalongkorn University Dental Journal

A two-year, eleven-month old Thai boy was brought in for the treatment of deep caries of the upper left and right primary incisors. Taking history and observing the child's behavior led to consultation with the child psychiatrist which revealed that the child was autistic, a complex disorder of language, socialization and perceptual-motor difficulties. The distinct characteristics are: poor eye contact, resistance to being held, inability to relate himself in the ordinary way to people and situations, aloneness, solitary play, repetitive activity, inability to speak or abnormalities in the form or content of speech. This paper presents a literature review of …