Open AccessAssessment of Dental Caries Spectrum among 11 to 14-Year-Old School Going Children in India
Author(s) -
Radhey Shyam,
BC Manjunath,
Adarsh Kumar,
Ridhi Narang,
Ankita Goyal,
Ankita Piplani
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/27254.10107
Subject(s) - medicine , molar , dentistry , cluster sampling , epidemiology , cluster (spacecraft) , lottery , cross sectional study , orthodontics , demography , environmental health , population , statistics , mathematics , pathology , computer science , programming language , sociology
The quantification of dental caries is usually done by DMFT index but efforts are being made to find an alternative. Caries Assessment Spectrum and Treatment (CAST) is a recent, innovative caries assessment tool which can be used in epidemiological surveys.