Caries Prevalence among Preschool Children of 3–5 Yrs Old in Bhubaneshwar, Odisha Panigrahi Antarmayee1,*, Mishra Uma Sankar2 1Reader, PhD Scholar, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Institute of Dental Sciences 2Professor, Faculty of Management Sciences; Siksha O Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneshwar, India *Corresponding Author: Dr. Antarmayee Panigrahi, Reader, PhD Scholar, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha O Anusandhan (Deemed to be University) Bhubaneshwar, India. Phone: 09937063900. Email: antarmayee.pani@gmail.com
Online published on 2 February, 2019. Abstract Dental caries is multifactorial disease with varying presentation and severity. If identified and corrected at an early age it can reduce the morbidity as well as health and financial burden. However planning and implementing preventive and corrective measures depends on the baseline data of caries status, which is lacking in our state. Aim To assess the prevalence of dental caries among preschool children of 3-5yrs in Bhubaneshwar, Odisha. Materials and Method A descriptive cross-sectional survey on randomly selected sample of total 780 preschool children aged 3-5yrs in Bhubaneshwar city, Odisha. Results The overall caries experience was found to be 31.5% in boys and 59% in girls. Incidence of caries was higher in maxillary arch in both the genders. Right side was showed higher prevalence mainly in girls. Conclusion The mean prevalence of caries in clearly shows the uprising caries prevalence among preschool children that indicates towards the need of implementing dental health awareness programs and planning of preventive and corrective procedures. Top Keywords Dental caries, preschool children, prevalence. Top |