Open AccessThe prevalence of molar incisor hypomineralization of school children in and around Muvattupuzha, Kerala
Author(s) -
Tharian B Emmatty,
Eby Aluckal,
M Joseph,
Bijimole Jose,
Kumar Kavita,
Ismail Asif
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of the indian society of pedodontics and preventive dentistry/journal of indian society of pedodontics and preventive dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.378
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3905
pISSN - 0970-4388
DOI - 10.4103/jisppd.jisppd_152_18
Subject(s) - medicine , dentistry , molar , cross sectional study , incisor , epidemiology , statistical software , statistical analysis , maxillary central incisor , statistical significance , permanent dentition , paediatric dentistry , orthodontics , dentition , statistics , mathematics , software engineering , pathology , engineering
Molar incisor hypomineralization (MIH) is a developmental dental defect and has a significant impact on the quality of life of affected individuals. Most of the prevalence studies of MIH have been carried out in the European countries; very little data are available from India.