Open AccessAssessing consequences of untreated carious lesions using pufa index among 5-6 years old school children in an urban Indian population
Author(s) -
Abhishek Mehta,
Sumati Bhalla
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9290.135906
Subject(s) - medicine , dentistry , population , root caries , environmental health
Dental caries is a major chronic noncommunicable disease affecting whole of mankind. Nontreatment of caries can have severe consequences such as pain, abscess formation, space infection, etc., which leads to loss of function, working hours or absence from school in children. These consequences are equally important, while planning dental care program for a community.