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Year : 2011  |  Volume : 9  |  Issue : 6  |  Page : 554-559

Diet Pattern and Caries Prevalence of Children Aged 11-14 yrs in Tiruchengode - A Cross Sectional Study


1 Department of Pedodontics, K.S.R Institute of Dental Science and Research, Tiruchengode, Namakkal Dt., Tamil Nadu-637 215, India
2 CRI, K.S.R Institute of Dental Science and Research, Tiruchengode, Namakkal Dt., Tamil Nadu-637 215, India

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This study was carried out to asses the pattern of sugar consumption, most common form of cariogenic food and its relation with caries status of school children in Tiruchengode, suburban area of Tamil Nadu. In this cross sectional study, about 230 children aged 11 to 14 years from K.S.R. Matriculation Higher Secondary school were participated. A five day diet diary was used to know the sweet score, AMSE, BMSE and TSE. A questionnaire was used to know the most common and preferable form of cariogenic sugars, frequency of sugar intake and also oral hygiene measures. Additionally dental caries screening was done. The mean and standard deviation of the recorded variables were; sweets score 17.15 8.5, TSE 12.16 .87, AMSE 0.69 0.57, BMSE 0.50 .66, DMFT 1.11 1.4, DMFS 1.36 1.8, deft 0.49 1.1 and defs 0.60 1.3. It was found that sticky solid sugar was the most common form of cariogenic food by quistionnaire. The correlation analysis showed a statistically significant correlation between sweets score, TSE, AMSE, the frequency of snack intake (two times per day) and sticky solid form of sugar with caries prevalence in primary dentition. It was concluded that this group of students from suburban area of India are in watch out zone and in need of diet counseling, focusing at the pattern of AMSE, frequency of sugar intake and also reducing the intake of sticky solid form of sugar.


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