Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of Dental Caries among Different Age Groups of Patients in a Private Dental College Hospital, Chennai, India

Abstract

Dental caries is the major health disorder caused by the interaction of oral microbes on the dental hard tissues.
Dental caries are multifactorial in nature of etiology and pathogenesis. According to WHO almost 36% of
the population have dental caries. Thus the aim of the current study is to quantitatively and qualitatively
analyse the prevalence of dental caries among different age groups of patients visiting Saveetha dental
college and hospital outpatient department services. All the cases reported between the month of June
2019 to March 2020 for dental caries of different classes were chosen for this study. Data of patients were
retrieved from dental records. Data of patients with class I to class VI dental caries and root caries were
included and age, gender, tooth affected were analyzed, tabulated and was subjected to statistical analysis.
From the data analysis through SPSS it is observed that, the overall incidence of dental caries were higher
among male patients (54.7%), between the age group of 15 to 30 years (45.4%) and was commonly seen in
primary and permanent posterior tooth.(72.6%). Within the limitations of the present study, dental caries had
male predilection, predominantly between the age group of 15 to 30 years,Class 1 caries primarily reported
in the molars.