Open AccessDental caries experience and treatment needs of green marble mine laborers in Udaipur district, Rajasthan, India
Author(s) -
Prabu Duraiswamy,
T Santhosh Kumar,
Rushabh Dagli,
. Chandrakant,
Suhas Kulkarni
Publication year - 2008
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 - 10.4103/0970-9290.44537
Subject(s) - medicine , socioeconomic status , dentistry , population , demography , permanent teeth , environmental health , sociology
The study was undertaken at Kesariyaji, located in Udaipur district of Rajasthan. There are about 3 million workers who marble mine at Rajasthan. Living conditions of these workers are substandard and most of them are immigrant workers living in tiny shacks. Majority of them belong to lower socioeconomic status with poor educational background. The present study was carried out to estimate dental caries prevalence and treatment needs of laborers working in the green marble mines of Udaipur district.