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Year : 1999 | Volume
: 17
| Issue : 1 | Page : 24-8 |
A study of dental caries in school children from rural Haryana.
AA Singh, B Singh, OP Kharbanda, DK Shukla, K Goswami, S Gupta
NCD Division, All Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Correspondence Address:
A A Singh NCD Division, All Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi India
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PMID: 10863486 
The prevalence of dental caries among rural school children (688 boys and 331 girls) in the age group of 12-16 years in Haryana was found to be 39.4%. It was 37.9% in boys and 42.6% in girls. The difference between males and females was statistically not significant. A significant increase in prevalence of dental caries with age was observed (i.e. 33.1% in 12-year-old children to 45.8% in 14-year-old children). The mean DMFT per child was found to be 1.03 and DMFT per affected child was 2.6. The mean of D, M and F was found to be 1.0, 0.03 and 0.0 respectively.
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