Supporting patients with learning disabilities and autism to access dentistry.
03 Oct 2025
Dental Care Professionals' Hub
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Learning Content
Clarify what learning disabilities are and aren’t, highlight health disparities in dental care, and provide practical recommendations and tools to support dental professionals to deliver inclusive care. Gain relevant updates and best practices for working with patients with learning disabilities.
- To gain a basic understanding of how best to support patients with a learning disability as a dental professional-
- To understand what is available to support people with a learning disability in accessing dentistry-
- To learn simple signs for communication with nonverbal patients.
Aims
To give a better understanding of what a learning disability is-
To discuss some conditions of people with a learning disability and how this affects their oral health-
To provide an update regarding supporting patients with learning disabilities and autism.
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