Open AccessPrevalence and severity of molar incisor hypomineralization in children aged 11-16 years of a city in Karnataka, Davangere
Author(s) -
M Kirthiga,
P Poornima,
R Praveen,
P. Gayathri,
M Manju,
Madhu Priya
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of the indian society of pedodontics and preventive dentistry/journal of indian society of pedodontics and preventive dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.378
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3905
pISSN - 0970-4388
DOI - 10.4103/0970-4388.160366
Subject(s) - molar , medicine , dentistry , permanent dentition , incisor , cross sectional study , epidemiology , population , dentition , orthodontics , environmental health , pathology
Molar incisor hypomineralization (MIH) describes the clinical picture of hypomineralization of systemic origin affecting one or more first permanent molar. There is a rarity of prevalence studies in Indian population.