Padjadjaran Journal of Dentistry
Vol 25, No 3 (2013): November 2013

Prevalence of dental caries based on gender, age, Black’s classification and its distribution on different teeth

Hong, Steven Tan Jun (Unknown)
Fadil, Mohammad Richata (Unknown)
Aripin, Dudi (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Nov 2013

Abstract

Introduction: Dental caries (tooth decay) is probably the most common chronic disease in the world. Greene Vardiman Black in the end of nineteenth century presented G. V. Black’s classification. The study is aimed to find out the prevalence of dental caries based on gender, age, Black’s classification and its distribution on different teeth. Methods: This research is a descriptive research, conducted by collecting the data from patients’ medical records from Bagian Gigi dan Mulut in RSHS, Bandung and then analyzed the collected data. Results: The result of this study shows that Class I caries is the most common type of carious lesion (37.1%) and the mandibular molars are the most common teeth affected by caries (32.4%). Female is  more prone to caries than males (60.5%)  and  the  early  adulthoods  have the highest  rate  of  caries  occurrence (46.1%). Conclusion: It can be concluded that Class I caries is the most common type of carious lesion based on G. V. Black’s classification. Besides that, female is found to be more prone to caries than male and the early adulthoods had the highest rate of caries occurrence.

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Journal Info

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PJD

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Subject

Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology Dentistry Health Professions Immunology & microbiology Medicine & Pharmacology Public Health

Description

Padjadjaran Journal of Dentistry or known as PJD, is an English-language scientific periodicals published by the Faculty of Dentistry Universitas Padjadjaran thrice a year on every March, July and November. The submission process of manuscript is open throughout the year. All submitted manuscripts ...