A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECT OF RISK FACTORS SUCH AS CHOCOLATE, ICECREAM, TEA & COFFEE WITH SUGAR FOR OCCURRENCE OF DENTAL CARIES DURING THE MIXED DENTITION PERIOD (6 TO 12 YEARS) RESIDING IN URBAN AND RURAL AREA OF WARDHA DISTRICT.

Deepti Chandrakar, Meenakshi Khapre, Abhay Mudey, Vasant Wagh, Manish Prasad

Abstract


Oral health is an essential and integral component of health throughout life. Good oral hygiene results in a mouth that looks and smells healthy, this means: teeth are clean and free of debris. Therefore this study was conducted to assess the effect of risk factors such as chocolate, ice-cream, tea & coffee with sugar for occurrence of dental caries during the mixed dentition period (6 to 12 years) residing in urban and rural area of Wardha district. It was a cross sectional comparative study conducted from July 2015 to March 2016 and carried out among 100 school children age 6-12 yrs in two schools at Wardha district. It can be concluded from the study that coffee, milk, coffee, tea with sugar was found to have inconsistent relationship with its frequency of consumption and occurrence of dental caries.


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dental caries, chocolate, tea, coffee, ice-cream, mixed dentition

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