Prevalence of Early Childhood Caries Among Children Visiting the Outpatient Department of a Dental Hospital in Meerut City: An Institutional-Based Cross-Sectional Study
The prevalence of ECC among children aged 2-6 years who visited the dental OPD was 60.3%, with a mean DMFT score of 4.27 ± 2.62. The prevalence was higher in male children compared to female children. Additionally, the most common reason for visiting the dental OPD was pain.
Authors
- Rajesh Chaudhary (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0699-466X)
- Navpreet Kaur (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5404-3976)
- Tushar Pruthi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8592-5819)
- Noopur Kaushik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7285-9074)
- Nikhil Srivastava
- Aarushi Kankerwal
- Vivek Rana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9065-6422)
Institutions
- Swami Vivekanand Subharti University (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2024-12-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.75067
- Primary Topic
- Dental Health and Care Utilization
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00