DENTAL CARIES OCCURRENCE, TYPES AND OCCURRENCE OF TRAUMA TO ANTERIOR TEETH, THEIR SEVERITY IN RELATION TO PULPAL INVOLVEMENT IN PATIENTS VISITING O. P. D. OF GOVT. DENTAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL, AURANGABAD

BACKGROUND: It has been noted that occurrence of different types of caries and traumatic dental diseases varies according to region. There was no significant literature available about occurrence of these dental problems in Aurangabad city (Maharashtra). Studying occurrence of these dental conditions will help in assessing dental health care needs of people in this region. OBJECTIVES: 1) To find out proportion of different types of caries and traumatic dental diseases identified in patients visiting the out-patient Dept. (OPD), Department of Conservative Dentistry. 2) To study the types and occurrence of caries and to study severity of caries in relation to pulpal involvement. STUDY SETTINGS: Out-patient Department (OPD), Department of Conservative Dentistry, Government Dental College and Hospital, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India. STUDY DESIGN: Hospital based cross sectional observational study. STUDY POPULATION: Patients aged 10 years and above, attending dental OPD. METHODOLOGY: By systematic random sampling 1000 patients were selected, type of dental problems were recorded and analyzed. RESULTS: A total of 2656 teeth were affected by dental caries. Number of teeth having Class I caries were 855 (32.19%), number of teeth having Class II caries were 748 (28.16%), number of teeth having Class V caries were 120 (4.51%), number of teeth having caries involving pulp were 632 (23.79%), while number of teeth that were grossly destructed and could not be saved were 301(11.33%) Total numbers of anterior teeth affected by traumatic injury were 60. Out of which 48 teeth (80%) had injuries involving pulp, while no pulpal involvement was seen in 12 teeth (20%). STATISTICAL ANALYSIS: MS Excel.