Caries risk assessment among school going young adolescents in Sullia Taluk-Dakshina Kannada

• Main Authors: P Jagan (Author), Radhakrishnan Karthikeyan (Author), Rajendran Bharathan (Author), N C Srihari (Author), Arumugasamy Niranjana (Author), Minu Suresh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Dental caries continue to be one among the major problems related to oral health in developing countries, that affects 60%-90% of school-aged children and adults. According to the WHO Global oral data bank in 2009 the point prevalence was 54% among 12 years old. Studies on prevalence con...