Seybold Report ISSN: 1533-9211
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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