Comparison of def index with Nyvad′s new caries diagnostic criteria among three to six years old children in a school at Bangalore city

Background: Dental caries is a multifactorial disease with varying clinical picture and its diagnostic criteria is complicated, when initial lesion is considered. Hence, there is a need for an index which measures cavitated, non-cavitated, and initial lesion in dental caries. So, the purpose of this...

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Main Authors: S Shankar, N Naveen, M Kruthika, S Vinay, Hidayathulla Shaikh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Dental Research
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Online Access:http://www.ijdr.in/article.asp?issn=0970-9290;year=2012;volume=23;issue=2;spage=135;epage=139;aulast=Shankar