PREVALENCE OF CARIES IN ANTERIOR TEETH IN DAKSHINA KANNADA POPULATION

  • Vice Principal, Dean of Dental Faculty, Head ? Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, A. B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Nitte University.
  • Post Graduate student, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, A. B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Nitte University.
  • Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, A. B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Nitte University.
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The aim of the survey was to determine the prevalence of caries in the anterior teeth in the Dakshina Kannada population. The basic research design included performance of dental examination based on WHO criteria and questionnaire survey on 4000 patients from the Dakshina Kannada district visiting the outpatient section of the Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics and Rural Satellite Centres of A. B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Nitte University, Deralakatte, Mangalurufrom 2014 to 2015. The data obtained were statistically analyzed. A significant correlation was deduced between gender, age, diet, oral hygiene habits and caries of the anterior teeth

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[Mithra N. Hegde, Vandana Sadananda and Sinita Roberts. (2017); PREVALENCE OF CARIES IN ANTERIOR TEETH IN DAKSHINA KANNADA POPULATION Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Jan). 2524-2528] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

DR. VANDANA SADANANDA
A. B. SHETTY MEMORIAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL SCIENCES, NITTE UNIVERSITY

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/3041      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/3041

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