Prevalence of Dental Caries in Anterior Teeth in South Canara Population- a Three Year Epidemiological Study

Hegde, Mithra N; Hegde, Priyadarshini; Bhat, Raksha; Dahiya, Ravi; Rao, Lakshmi Nidhi

doi:10.15373/2249555x/feb2014/127

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“…A diagnostic criteria for clinical examination was followed wherein, caries was detected according to WHO criteria that "clinically the caries was recorded as present when a lesion in a pit or fissure or on a smooth surface had a detectable softened floor, undermined enamel or softened wall. On Proximal surface it had to be certain that the explorer had entered the lesion or taking bitewing radiograph for any doubt existed caries" (5). Carious lesions that were found on the incisal edge or cusp tips were excluded from the present study as it's not recommended by GV Black.…”

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Prevalence And Distribution Of Dental Caries Experience According To GV Black Classification For Patient Attending To Dental School

Talabani¹,

Al-Zahawi²,

Ibrahim³

2015

Journal of Oral Health and Community Dentistry

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Objective The aim of our study was to evaluate the incidence of dental caries in relation to gender. GV Black classification was used. Method A sample of 1000 adult patient, 498 male and 502 female, were selected at random from patient attending to dental clinics of Conservative department at School of Dentistry, University of Sulaimani. Result According to GV Black classification of dental caries (7885) carious lesions were detected on various surfaces, class I buccal surface 387 (4.9 %), class I palatal surface 465 (5.8 %), class I occlusal surface 4836 (61.3%), class II mesio-occlusal (MO) 499 (6.3 %), class II disto-occlusal (DO) 594 (7.5 %), class II mesio-occlusal-distal (MOD) 215 (2.7 %), class III mesial 331 (4.1 %), class III distal 289 (3.6%), class IV 95 (1.2 %), class V 174 were (2.2 %). Conclusion The result of this study showed that Class I occlusal surface caries was more prevalent among other types of carious lesion according to GV Black classification.

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“…Background knowledge on dental caries including prevalence, extension and severity provides a baseline data for the eminence essence of caries preventive programs and treatment need in populations which pose a greater burden as it financially and negatively affects the quality of life of an individual (5).…”

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Prevalence And Distribution Of Dental Caries Experience According To GV Black Classification For Patient Attending To Dental School

Talabani¹,

Al-Zahawi²,

Ibrahim³

2015

Journal of Oral Health and Community Dentistry

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“…Two independent reviewers on screening the remaining data, finally included 70 articles in this meta-analysis after excluding 25 articles due to studies lacking the prevalence rate of dental caries, no specification of DMFT index and age not matching with the inclusion criteria. [ 8 9 , 13 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 ]…”

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