Dental caries among the patients visiting out patient department of liaquat medical uinversity Hospital, Hyderabad - Sindh

ABSTRACT

The objective of this study was to find out the prevalence of dental caries and DMFT score among the patients visiting out-patient department ofLiaquat Medical University Hospital. This was cross sectional study conducted at the Liaquat Medical University Hospital. The minimum sample size calculated was 278. Oral examination was carried out using mouth mirror and a blunt ball-ended probe on the dental chair using artificial light. The results showed that there were 57.2% male and 42.8% female. The prevalence of dental caries was 60.4%.The mean DMFT score was 2.10 with Standard Deviation 2.11. 59.5% caries was present in male and 40.5% caries was present in female, the male patients were more affected than female showed insignificant results. Male and female patients had mean DMFT score 1.26 with a Standard Deviation [SD] 0.449 and 1.39 with a Standard Deviation [SD] 0.493 respectively. It was concluded that the prevalence of dental caries and DMFT score is higher in the selected study population so for prevention and control of dental caries continuing dental health education programs should be emphasized for general population as a whole