Open AccessCaries risk in children of Udaipur City, India using genetic taste sensitivity to 6-n-propylthiouracil
Author(s) -
Payel Karmakar,
Renu Arora,
C. C. Patel,
Bhumi Sarvaiya,
Aditi Singh,
Mansi Patel
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of international society of preventive and community dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.476
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2250-1002
pISSN - 2231-0762
DOI - 10.4103/2231-0762.195508
Subject(s) - propylthiouracil , taste , medicine , sensitivity (control systems) , dentistry , food science , biology , engineering , thyroid , electronic engineering
Dental caries still remains the single most common disease of childhood. The present study was conducted to test the hypothesis that a higher prevalence of dental caries would be observed among nontaster children compared to medium tasters or supertasters of 6n propylthiouracil impregnated filter papers.