Benish Mehmood, Mehreen Riaz Faisal, Faiza Hassan, Erum Afzal.
Treated And Untreated Dental Caries Status And Its Co-Variates In 5-6 Years Old Children In Rawalpindi - A Pilot Study.
Pak Oral Dental J Jan ;37(1):148-51.

The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of treated and untreated dental caries experience and its association with oral hygiene and dietary habits 5-6 years children in Gulraiz, Rawalpindi. A cross-sectional survey on 384 school going children of 5-6 years age group was carried out. Multi stage random sampling was employed. Overall the deft prevalence for the sample of 384 children is 50.9% and the prevalence of pufa is 15.9%. The `d` component formed majority of the def codes (41.7%) and the `p` component was majorly responsible for pufa codes (14.3%). No significant association between gender, tooth brushing frequency and supervised tooth brushing, and def and pufa were found (p = > 0.05). However, the lunch that children consumed during school lunch breaks was found to have highly significant association with the `d` and `f` component of def index (p = < 0.001).

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