Open AccessPrevalence of dental caries and treatment needs among school going children of Chandigarh
Author(s) -
Jayashri Prabakar,
Joseph John,
D Srisakthi
Publication year - 2016
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 - 10.4103/0970-9290.195683
Subject(s) - medicine , permanent dentition , dentition , dentistry , group b , population , chi square test , cross sectional study , orthodontics , environmental health , pathology , statistics , mathematics
Dental caries is the most common chronic disease of childhood that interferes with normal nutrition intake, speech, and daily routine activities. Dental caries is a lifetime disease, and the highest priority risk group is school children.