Publication:

Prevalence of dental caries in first and second permanent molars

Background This study was conducted to assess the First and Second molar permanent molar caries in school children of Nalgonda district, Andhrapradesh, India.

Methods We have taken total 1800 school going children as study population age between 12-15 years, who lived in the same place since birth and consumed drinking water form single source.

Results The mean of caries in first and second were 0.12 ± 0.36 and 0.36 ± 0.70 respectively and total was 0.49 ± 0.92.

Conclusion The prevalence of Second molar teeth was found higher than First molar teeth and these caries were untreated.