Relationship of Oral Hygiene Practices and Dental Caries among School Children of Sullia taluk, Karnataka, South India

Kalyana Chakravarthy P

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Kalyana Chakravarthy P

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dental caries, treatment need

Abstract

Objective: we aimed to evaluate the prevalence of dental caries, treatment needs and oral hygiene practices school going children of Sullia taluk. Materials and methods: A total of 1800 school children constituted the study sample. Each age group consisted of 600 children. Information on oral hygiene methods was collected. Dental caries was recorded using dft/DMFT as per WHO 1997 guidelines. Results: The prevalence of dental caries was found to be 33.6% in Sulliataluk. The prevalence of dental caries was found among 5 year old 31.0%, 12 year old 32.8% and 15 year old 37.0% respectively. Prevalence of dental caries among tooth brush using 32.6% and finger users 42.8%. This observation was statistically significant (P

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Relationship of Oral Hygiene Practices and Dental Caries among School Children of Sullia taluk, Karnataka, South India. (2014). Global Journal of Medical Research, 13(J2), 9-14. https://medicalresearchjournal.org/index.php/GJMR/article/view/499

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