title: A study of dental caries in school children from rural Haryana.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: NCD Division, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: O P
authors.initials: OP
authors.lastname: Kharbanda
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Shukla
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Goswami
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017677:Age Distribution; D002648:Child; D004245:DMF Index; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012423:Rural Health; D017678:Sex Distribution