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Dental caries prevalence and experience among the group of institutionalized hearing impaired individuals in
K R Kamatchy1, J Joseph, C G Krishnan
1Department of Community Dentistry, Mahatma Gandhi Dental College, Pondicherry, India.
Abstract:
A descriptive study was conducted among a group of hearing-impaired individuals in Pondicherry to assess the dental caries prevalence and experience. A total 114 individuals were examined. The data was collected by direct clinical examination using appropriate indices and findings were recorded on the proforma sheets. The data were statistically processed and the results were obtained. Prevalence of dental caries in terms of DMFT is 42.98% and dft is 45%. Mean dft +/- s.d is 1.2 +/- 1.38 and Mean DMFT +/- s.d is 1.0 +/- 1.42. It was concluded that in both permanent and deciduous dentition and the females have high caries prevalence.
