| JNDA Vol. 10 No. 1 (January -June 2009) | |
Dental caries experience of pre-school children in Mangalore, |
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| Shenoy R, Sequeira PS, Rao A, Rao A, Pai D | |
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| Abstract | |
Background: The present study was done to assess the dental caries experience of pre-school children aged 3-5 years in Mangalore city. Materials and methods: Clinical assessment of dental caries was done by Dentition status and treatment need (WHO Oral Health Assessment Form, 1997) using dentition status part only and decayed, missing and filled teeth were calculated from the information. Results: The prevalence of dental caries among anganwadi children was 81.4%. Among the kindergarten children the prevalence of dental caries was 62.3%. The mean dmft among the anganwadi children was 4.62 (3.82) and among kindergarten children the mean dmft score was 3.42 (3.77). Conclusion: A significant negative association between dental caries experience and frequency of cleaning the teeth was found in this study. The caries prevalence and mean dmft was higher among anganwadi children. Prevalence of filled teeth was higher among kindergarten children. |
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| Keywords | |
Caries experience, Dentition status, Pre – school |
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