Review Article
Year : 2019 | Volume : 7 | Issue : 2 | Page : 29 - 33
Dental Caries Prevalence of Children in Kerala: A Paradigm Shift Needed toward a Kerala Model of Health
Faizal C. Peedikayil, Akhila Ansari
Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Kannur Dental College, Kannur, Kerala, India
Address for correspondence:
Dr. Akhila Ansari, Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Kannur Dental College,
Anjarakandy, Kannur, Kerala, India.
E‐mail: kdcpedo@gmail.com
Abstract
Kerala state in India ranks high in the health‐care indicators and is considered to be giving high importance in primary health care. This review of literature was done to know the the prevalence of dental caries in children below 16 years of age in Kerala State. Online search for articles in PubMed, Scopus, and Google Scholar fetched 15 articles. The prevalence of caries in those articles was reviewed and discussed with other studies and systematic reviews published recently on the dental caries in India. This review shows that the prevalence of dental caries in children is high. Considering the status of Kerala in health‐care facilities and reach to the grassroots level, it is recommended that government can bring about new initiatives to decrease the prevalence of dental caries in Kerala.
Keywords: Caries prevalence, dental caries, early childhood caries
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How to cite this article:
Peedikayil FC, Ansari A. Dental caries prevalence of children in Kerala: A paradigm shift needed toward a Kerala model of health. Int J Community Dent 2019;7:29-33.
