Seybold Report ISSN: 1533-9211

Abstract

ASSOCIATION BETWEEN QUADRANT AND INCIDENCE OF DENTAL CARIES


1Azima Hanin S.M., 2*Anjaneyulu K


Vol 17, No 11 ( 2022 )   |  Licensing: CC 4.0   |   Pg no: 2566-2576   |   Published on: 14-11-2022



Abstract
BACKGROUND: Dental caries is a debilitating disease that has an increased prevalence throughout the world. Dental caries has been shown to affect over half of the population in most of the industrialized and developed countries as it is a cumulative process. The number of caries affected individuals increases with age.Prevention of caries among all age groups is required, along with determining the sequelae of dental caries, as it will identify those patients at risk and will indicate when and where intervention is most required. This study aims to evaluate association between quadrant and incidence of dental caries. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This retrospective study was conducted among patients who were diagnosed with dental caries in a university teaching hospital in Chennai during the period of December 2020 to May 2021. The collected data was then subjected to statistical analysis using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS). Descriptive statistics and Chi square tests were used. RESULTS: Dental caries were most frequent in the age group 21-40 years with 56.3% of the total population. In quadrant 1 it was noted that only one tooth was infected with 34.98%. In quadrant 3 it was noted that the number of teeth was infected 4 with 55.02% of the population. In quadrant 4, it was noted that the number of teeth infected was 4 with 68.22% of the population. Also in the younger age groups dental caries were more frequent in the upper arch and as the age progressed, in the older age groups both the arches had dental caries. CONCLUSION: Within the limits of the study, it was observed that it was observed that dental caries were most frequent in the age group 21-40 years with 56.3% of the total population, the number of teeth with dental caries in quadrant 3 and 4 were more when compared to the number of teeth infected in quadrant 1 and 2. It was observed in our study that in the younger age groups dental caries were more frequent in the upper arch and as the age progressed, in the older age groups both the arches had dental caries


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