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| Year : 2011 | Volume
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Prevalence of Dental Fluorosis among 12-15 years old school going children from Kanakapura Taluk, Bengaluru Rural District
BS Chandrashekar1, N Vanishree2, HL Jayakumar3, A.N.J. Mohan4
1 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Preventive and Community Dentistry, NSVK Sri Venkateshwara Dental College and Hospital, Bengaluru, India
2 Professor, Dept. of Preventive and Community Dentistry, The Oxford Dental Collelge, Bengaluru, India
3 Professor and Head, Dept. of Preventive and Community Dentistry, Maruthi Dental College, Bengaluru, India
4 Assistant professor, Dept. of Preventive and Community Dentistry, Al-Ameen Dental College, Bijapur, India
Correspondence Address:
B S Chandrashekar
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Preventive and Community Dentistry, NSVK Sri Venkateshwara Dental College and Hospital, Bengaluru
India
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Purpose: To analyze levels of Fluoride in different sources of drinking water; its relation with severity of dental fluorosis among study population of 12-15 year old school going children from selected administrative areas of Kanakapura taluk. Method: A cross sectional, school based, epidemiological study was conducted to know the prevalence and severity of Dental Fluorosis among 1621 school going children taken from 14 villages among 43 villages of 6 hoblis in Kanakpura taluk. Study population was selected by stratified cluster random sampling, About 250 children were randomly selected from the schools of villages in each hoblis. Subsequently the samples from the sources of drinking water were collected for the estimation of Fluoride ion concentration in the water. A pilot study was carried out on field settings on randomly selected 100 students and changes were implemented where ever required, during the study. A WHO type III examination was conducted by the single examiner and findings recorded by a single trained assistant. Chi square analysis, odds ratio and Karl pearson's co-relation was used to analyse the results. Results: Of 1621, 12-15 year old school children 565 (34.9%) had fluorosis; among these, about 289 (17.8%) had questionable fluorosis, 158 (9.7%) very mild, 84 (5.2%) mild, 28 (1.7%) moderate and 6 (0.4%) severe fluorosis and CFI score ranged from 0.172-0.5319. Conclusion: The prevalence of fluorosis in Kanakapura is in negative range of public health concern.
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