INCIDENCE OF LOSS OF ANTERIOR TEETH DUE TO CARIES IN SOUTH INDIAN POPULATION IN 2009

Punja Ashwitha; Mithra N. Hegde; Nidarsh D. Hegde; Nanditha Hegde; Jemsily Prince

doi:10.1055/s-0040-1703692

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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Health and Allied Sciences NU 2013; 03(04): 004-006
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1703692

Original Article

INCIDENCE OF LOSS OF ANTERIOR TEETH DUE TO CARIES IN SOUTH INDIAN POPULATION IN 2009

Punja Ashwitha

¹Professor, Department of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics, A. B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Nitte University, Deralakatte, Mangalore - 575 018

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Mithra N. Hegde

²Senior Professor & HOD, Department of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics, A. B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Nitte University, Deralakatte, Mangalore - 575 018

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Nidarsh D. Hegde

³Professor, Department of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics, A. B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Nitte University, Deralakatte, Mangalore - 575 018

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Nanditha Hegde

⁴Post Graduate Students, Department of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics, A. B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Nitte University, Deralakatte, Mangalore - 575 018

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Jemsily Prince

⁵Post Graduate Students, Department of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics, A. B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Nitte University, Deralakatte, Mangalore - 575 018

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Abstract

Aim: To evaluate the incidence of loss of anterior teeth due to caries in 2000 patients randomly selected from the South Indian population in 2009.

Material and Methods: 2000 patients were examined for incidence of loss of anterior teeth due to caries and the recorded data was statistically analysed using Pearson Chi-Square test.

Results:Incidence of loss of anterior teeth due to caries in the population of South Canara district was found to be 16.3 %. It was observed that there was increased incidence of loss of anterior teeth in age group above 65 years. No difference in incidence of anterior tooth loss was observed between urban and rural patients and also between males and females. There was high rate of replacement for the missing lost anterior teeth.

Conclusion: This study showed that less than one fourth population of South Canara district had missing anterior tooth due to caries. Since anterior teeth occupies a strategic position in the dental arch, it is necessary to know the caries prevalence in this tooth and take adequate measures to prevent its progression and/or development of new carious lesions.

Keywords

Caries incidence - anterior teeth - South Canara District

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