Open AccessPrevalence of dental fluorosis among primary school children in rural areas of Chidambaram taluk, Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu, India
Author(s) -
S. Saravanan,
C Vasantha Kalyani,
M Vijayarani,
P Jayakodi,
A. John William Felix,
Srideivanai Nagarajan,
P Arunmozhi,
Vijay Krishnan
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.42047
Subject(s) - dental fluorosis , tamil , medicine , rural area , environmental health , dentistry , demography , veterinary medicine , fluoride , inorganic chemistry , linguistics , chemistry , philosophy , pathology , sociology
Fluorosis is one of the common but major emerging areas of research in the tropics. It is considered endemic in 17 states of India. However, the Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu is categorised as a fluorosis non-endemic area. But clinical cases of dental fluorosis were reported in the field practice area of Department of Community Medicine, Rajah Muthiah Medical College, Annamalai University, Chidambaram. Since dental fluorosis has been described as a biomarker of exposure to fluoride, we assessed the prevalence and severity of dental fluorosis among primary school children in the service area.