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Background: Otitis Media or infection of Middle Ear is a broadterm that encompasses all the inflammation of the middle earwithout any specific etiology or pathogenesis. The presentstudy was conducted with the aim to determine the incidenceof dental caries amongst the subjects with middle ear infection.Materials and Methods: Controls were subjects who didn’thad dental caries of ear infection. Children with any othermedical condition were excluded from the study. Children withinfection of middle ear were categorized according to age andgender. Group I subjects were having middle ear infection andGroup II were controls. Centrifugation was done for 10 minsand the deposits obtained were used for culturing. All the datathus obtained was arranged in a tabulated form and analyzedusing SPSS software. Probability value of less than 0.05 wasconsidered as significant.Results: The mean age of the subjects was 10.67+/-3.62years. The mean colony forming units in Group I was 5.7+/-9.65 and in Group II was 1.6+/-2.78. There were 5 children inGroup I and 30 children in Group II with very good health ofteeth. Good oral health was seen amongst 5 subjects in GroupI and 20 subjects in Group II. Majority of subjects in Group I(40) had average oral health. There was a significant differencein the Groups amongst oral health amongst the groups.Conclusion: There was an increased risk of early childhoodcaries amongst children with middle ear infection.
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Background: Fluoride in groundwater is more common in crystalline igneous rocks and alkaline soils located in semiarid climate, which exist in the northwestern parts of the Jharkhand state in the district of Garhwa and Palamu. The present study was undertaken to evaluate the intelligent quotient among children affected with and without dental fluorosis visiting dental college in the Garhwa district. Methods: The present prospective study comprised of 30 subjects selected randomly in the age group of 6-12 years visiting Vananchal dental college & hospital, Garhwa. The study compared IQ levels of children of study and control groups by means of Seguin Form Board Test. Data so obtained was statistically analyzed using Student ‘t’ test with p value <0.05 as significant value. Results: Regarding drinking water source, 45% was drinking groundwater among study group. Mean scores for average timing category was found to be significantly higher (P<0.05) among children with dental fluorosis (29±2.87) than among children without dental fluorosis (27±3.02). Conclusion: The present study concludes that children with dental fluorosis have low Intelligence Quotient (IQ) than children without dental fluorosis. About half of the patients suffering from dental fluorosis were dependent on groundwater for drinking purposes. Fluoride water level of villages located in these regions should be selected in priority for application of defluoridation measures.