title: Epidemiological correlates of dental caries in an urban slum of West Bengal.
abstract: The overall prevalence of dental caries was found to be 57.47 percent in an urban slum irrespective of sex, with a maximum of 75.88 percent in the age group of 5-9 years. Habit of taking hard and sticky food, bad oral hygiene were some of the important epidemiological correlates. Fluoride content of drinking water did not show any significant role.
authors.affiliation: Deptt. of Community Medicine, North Bengal Medical College, Dist. Darjeeling.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chakraborty
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Saha
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ram
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D003753:Dental Health Surveys; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D011203:Poverty; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution; D014504:Urban Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*