Dental caries prevalence and treatment needs of school going children in Kannur District, Kerala
Background: An epidemiological investigation was carried out to know the prevalence of Dental Caries amongst schoolchildren in Kannur District, Kerala. Materials and Methods: The criteria used for diagnosing caries were according to the World Health Organizations (1997). All data were entered into t...
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| description | Background: An epidemiological investigation was carried out to know the prevalence of Dental Caries amongst schoolchildren in Kannur District, Kerala. Materials and Methods: The criteria used for diagnosing caries were according to the World Health Organizations (1997). All data were entered into the SPSS program and subjected to statistical analysis. Results: The point prevalence of dental caries was recorded to be 49.44% with an average DMFT/deft of 2.63. The prevalence of caries showed a pattern of occurrence consistently increased from 5-7 years to 8-10 years age group and subsequently decreased at 11-14 years age. Regarding treatment needs, 66.19% children required dental treatment for dental caries. Conclusion: The study revealed that caries component of decayed, missing, filled/deft index was high at 90.01% indicating that many carious teeth were left untreated and this calls for concern. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1327f711ae94480997b15f13ddc1d15d2022-12-22T04:23:45ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsSRM Journal of Research in Dental Sciences2772-52432772-52512013-01-0142515310.4103/0976-433X.120177Dental caries prevalence and treatment needs of school going children in Kannur District, KeralaFaizal C PeedikayilSoni KottayiVaibhav KenchambaM K JumanaBackground: An epidemiological investigation was carried out to know the prevalence of Dental Caries amongst schoolchildren in Kannur District, Kerala. Materials and Methods: The criteria used for diagnosing caries were according to the World Health Organizations (1997). All data were entered into the SPSS program and subjected to statistical analysis. Results: The point prevalence of dental caries was recorded to be 49.44% with an average DMFT/deft of 2.63. The prevalence of caries showed a pattern of occurrence consistently increased from 5-7 years to 8-10 years age group and subsequently decreased at 11-14 years age. Regarding treatment needs, 66.19% children required dental treatment for dental caries. Conclusion: The study revealed that caries component of decayed, missing, filled/deft index was high at 90.01% indicating that many carious teeth were left untreated and this calls for concern.http://www.srmjrds.in/article.asp?issn=0976-433X;year=2013;volume=4;issue=2;spage=51;epage=53;aulast=Peedikayilcaries prevalencedental cariesschool dental heath |
| spellingShingle | Faizal C Peedikayil Soni Kottayi Vaibhav Kenchamba M K Jumana Dental caries prevalence and treatment needs of school going children in Kannur District, Kerala SRM Journal of Research in Dental Sciences caries prevalence dental caries school dental heath |
| title | Dental caries prevalence and treatment needs of school going children in Kannur District, Kerala |
| title_full | Dental caries prevalence and treatment needs of school going children in Kannur District, Kerala |
| title_fullStr | Dental caries prevalence and treatment needs of school going children in Kannur District, Kerala |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dental caries prevalence and treatment needs of school going children in Kannur District, Kerala |
| title_short | Dental caries prevalence and treatment needs of school going children in Kannur District, Kerala |
| title_sort | dental caries prevalence and treatment needs of school going children in kannur district kerala |
| topic | caries prevalence dental caries school dental heath |
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