Caring for Patients With Down Syndrome

By Pankaja Priya Kanagaraj, BDS, RDH, JoAnn Gurenlian, RDH, MS, PhD, AFAAOM

Down syndrome (DS), or trisomy 21, is a condition in which a person has a full or partial extra copy of chromosome 21. It is considered the most common chromosomal disorder.^1,2 The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that nearly one in 700 babies in the US is born with DS.^1–3

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