ASSESS THE INCIDENCE OF DENTAL CARIES AMONG PEDIATRIC POPULATION IN DENTAL OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT AT GOVERNMENT RAJAJI HOSPITAL, MADURAI

Title: Assess the incidence of Dental caries among Pediatric Population in Dental Outpatient Department at Government Rajaji Hospital, Madurai.

Objectives: To assess the incidence of Dental caries among Pediatric Population in Dental (Outpatient) Department at Government Rajaji Hospital, Madurai. To associate the incidence of Dental caries among Pediatric Population in Dental (Outpatient) Department at Government Rajaji Hospital, Madurai with their selected baseline variables.

Hypotheses: H_1: There is a statistically significant difference in the incidence of Dental caries between male and female Pediatric population in Dental (Outpatient) Department at Government Rajaji Hospital, Madurai.

H₂: There is a statistically significant association between the Dental caries among Pediatric Population in Dental (Outpatient) Department at Government Rajaji Hospital, Madurai with their selected baseline variables.

Methodology: Non experimental research design was used. 150 subjects selected by Non probability sampling technique.

Results: The study reveals that the majority of the subjects 118 (78.67%) were had Class I dental caries, 103 (68.67%) were had Class II dental caries, 31 (20.66%) were had Class III dental caries and none of them had Class IV, Class V and Class VI dental caries.

Conclusion: Children are more prone to get Class I, Class II and Class III dental caries and majority of them were male children.