Prevalence of early childhood caries among preschool children of tribal Leh district of Ladakh: A cross-sectional study
The prevalence of ECC was found to be very high (94%) among the preschool children of the tribal region in Leh district. It followed the usual pattern of involvement among different dental segments and association with the accumulation of plaque.
Authors
- Kalpana Bansal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4503-5234)
- Morankar Rahul (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2924-8857)
- Rigzin Tamchos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7810-5235)
- Nitesh Tewari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6747-5110)
- Vijay Prakash Mathur (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2710-1894)
- Harsh Priya
Institutions
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences Raipur (IN)
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhopal (IN)
- Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (IN)
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4103/jisppd.jisppd_53_25
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Dental Health and Care Utilization
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.47