JNDA Vol. 7 No. 1 (April 2005) |
Dental Caries Prevalence and Dental Care Knowledge and Practice among School children in Kirtipur Municipality |
Dr. Basant Maharjan |
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Abstract |
Dental caries prevalence is very high (69.6%) with mean DMFT 1.89 among the school children in Kirtipur Municipality. Boys have more prevalence of dental caries than that of the girls (71.9% and 66.4% respectively). Majority of the students have fairly satisfactory knowledge about dental care in terms of caries prevention but show very poor care practice. |