Prevalence of dental caries in a pediatric population during the COVID-19 omicron pandemic era in South India

Abstract

Caries is a multifactorial disease that involves a majority of the pediatric population. If not diagnosed and treated, it can lead to severe consequences affecting the permanent dentition. The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of oral foci of infection in a multispeciality hospital during the pandemic in Chennai, South India. The majority of the patients examined had caries.

Keywords

• dental caries
• pediatric population
• sars-cov-2
• covid-19
• omicron
• south india