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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">263</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>TREATMENT OF SPECIAL CHILDREN: AN ORTHODONTIC PERSPECTIVE&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Dash1</surname><given-names>Shyama</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Soni</surname><given-names>Uday N.</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Baldawa</surname><given-names>Rahul S.</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Toshniwal</surname><given-names>N. G.</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Mani</surname><given-names>Shubhangi A.</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><volume>)</volume><issue/><fpage>21</fpage><lpage>24</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Orthodontic care may seem out of reach for many children with special needs due to physical and developmental disabilities. Orthodontists who lack education and experience to work with such patients with disabilities end up denying treatment of these patients, as a result, patients and parents become frustrated.Orthodontic treatment is an elective procedure for essentially all patients, including those with medical problems. Correction of disfiguring dental and facial problems contributes in an important way to an individual__ampersandsignrsquo;s self-esteem. The positive benefits of orthodontic treatment influence social integration and interaction, and can lead to significant improvement in overall well-being.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Special children</kwd><kwd> Special needs</kwd><kwd> Orthodontics</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
