Dental caries pattern in deciduous dentition among school children
- Author Sujita Shrestha
- Co-Author Prakash Ghimire
- DOI
- Country : India
- Subject : Public Health
Keywords : deciduous dentition, dental caries, mandibular, maxillary
Abstract
Caries in deciduous dentition (teeth) is chronic dental disease of childhood and major public health problem. Caries susceptibility depends on tooth surface morphology and post-eruptive enamel maturation. It is important to identify caries in deciduous teeth as it indicates high risk of caries in permanent teeth. The study aims to investigate caries experience in 5-6 years old school children of Kathmandu district. A cross sectional study was done on 231 school children by using World Health Organization oral health survey diagnostic criteria. In the study 60.2% were boys and 39.8% were girls. The prevalence of dental caries was 51.1% in maxillary teeth with mean score 1.84 and 54.3 % in mandibular teeth with mean score 1.65. Caries experience in the deciduous dentition was high in mandibular teeth and most affected teeth were deciduous mandibular (lower) 2nd molars. Preventive measures are needed as dental caries is a preventable disease.
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