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 It has been suggested that children with severe visual deficits have more caries, more dental trauma and, in general, poorer oral health compared with children without visual deficits

 However, in most controlled studies with a favourable socio‐economic setting and close supervision from parents/carers/dental teams, the oral health of patients with blindness or severe visual deficits is similar to that of the general population, except for a greater accumulation of dental plaque and a higher prevalence of gingivitis

 In general, levels of dental plaque are determined by the degree of visual deficit and are lower in patients with acquired blindness than those with congenital blindness

 Adults and elderly individuals with blindness sometimes have better oral hygiene practices than the general population and achieve similar oral hygiene indices but are incapable of detecting oral diseases early