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. 2014 Sep;6(5):27-30.

Dental caries and its relationship to malocclusion in permanent dentition among 12-15 year old school going children

Shashank S Gaikwad  1 , Anjali Gheware  2 , Laxmikant Kamatagi  3 , Sandeep Pasumarthy  4 , Vivek Pawar  5 , Madhura Fatangare  6
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Dental caries and its relationship to malocclusion in permanent dentition among 12-15 year old school going children

Shashank S Gaikwad et al. J Int Oral Health. 2014 Sep.

Abstract

Background: This study aimed to know the prevalence of dental caries among children having malocclusion.

Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study included 880 students aged 1215 years, among whom 488 were boys and 392 were girls. A proforma was prepared to record dental caries status and dental esthetic index (DAI) using the WHO Oral Health Assessment Form (1997). Data were analyzed using Student's t-test and ANOVA. The P value of 0.05 or less was considered as statistically significant.

Results: It was found that 644 (73.2%) had no abnormality or minor malocclusion, whereas 115 (13.0%), 100 (11.4%) and 21 (2.4%) had definite, severe and very severe or handicapping malocclusion, respectively. Overall mean of decayed teeth (DT) component was found to be 0.95 ± 1.006, missing teeth 0.23 ± 0.670 and filled teeth 0.23 ± 0.559 and decayed, missing, filled tooth (DMFT) was 1.41 ± 1.483. DT and overall DMFT component significantly increased with increasing DAI of malocclusion (P ≤ 0.05).

Conclusion: The severity of dental caries showed positive relation with DAI and age.

Keywords: Dental esthetic index; dental caries; malocclusion.

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