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- Title
Prevalence Of Dental Caries Among Pre-school Children Of Greater Noida City, UP (India).
- Authors
Arora Sachit, A.; Sumeet, Setia; Puneet, Ahuja; Darrel, Singh; Anil, Chandna
- Abstract
This study was conducted to estimate the prevalence of dental caries among pre -school children of Greater Noida city [U.P.], India. Estimation of dental caries was done using the dft Index. The overall prevalence of dental caries in this study of 1031 children aged 3-5 years was 30.06% with a mean dft score of 1.68. Out of the total sample, 68.56 % of children in the age of 5 years were caries free. This was short of W.H.O. Global Goals for Oral Health 2010 [90 % at age of 5 years should be caries free].
- Publication
Indian Journal of Dental Sciences, 2012, Vol 4, Issue 2, p4
- ISSN
0976-4003
- Publication type
Academic Journal