title: Chair side simple caries activity test: Ora test.
abstract: Oratest, a caries activity test was performed on 48 school going children of Mangalore city to estimate efficacy of the test. High statistical significance was found when the means of control and test group were compared [gamma = 0.913]. The Oratest is found to be a simple chair side, less time consuming and inexpensive caries activity test.
authors.affiliation: College of Dental Surgery (CODS), Mangalore, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhasin
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sudha
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Anegundi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D004396:Coloring Agents; D004245:DMF Index; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000382:microbiology; D003732:Dental Caries Activity Tests / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008751:Methylene Blue; D008892:Milk; D009055:Mouth / Q000382:microbiology; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents; D008751:Methylene Blue