Open AccessComparative evaluation of three different recording criteria of dental fluorosis in a known endemic fluoride area of Haryana
Author(s) -
Niraj Kumar,
Krishan Gauba,
Ashima Goyal,
Aditi Kapur
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of medical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.578
H-Index - 87
ISSN - 0971-5916
DOI - 10.4103/ijmr.ijmr_274_17
Subject(s) - dental fluorosis , medicine , index (typography) , dentistry , fluoride , inorganic chemistry , chemistry , world wide web , computer science
Various indices are available to record different grade of severity of dental fluorosis. These indices have chances of inter- and intra- examiner variability. Therefore, study was conducted to compare three different indices for recording dental fluorosis to find out the best and most practical index of recording dental fluorosis for field studies in children living in a fluoride endemic area.