Prevalence of oral diseases - a study done on world oral health day

ABSTRACT

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of oral diseases in patients seen in the Oral Diagnosis and Medicine Department of Dental Hospital of Sir Syed College of Medical Sciences for Girls, Karachi on World Oral Health Day 2015. A total of 77 patients with the age range from 8 to 75 year were examined clinically. Gingivitis [50.7%] was the most common disease among all patients followed by irreversiblepulpitis [19.4%],periodontitis [18.2%], ,BDRs [3.9%], reversiblepulpitis [2.9%],tobacco staining [1.3%] carious teeth [1.3%] and traumatic ulcers [1.3%]. Over all gender distribution of 77 patients indicate high prevalence in male [58%] as compared to females [41%] patients