Dental caries prevalence and risk factors among school children age12-15 years in Malir, Karachi

ABSTRACT

A cross sectional study to determine the prevalence of caries and risk factor among school children age!2-15 years was done in Malir Town, Karachi. Total sample size was 399 children from both boys and girls. Self-administered questionnaire and oral examination was carried out. There were 51% boys and 49% girls. The prevalence of dental caries was 66.67%.The mean DMFT score was 1.26. Mean DMFT was significantly higher in girls than boys. The carious lesions were more in girls than boys and were statistically significant. The dental caries increased as the age increased from 12 to 15 year