Mahreen Shahzad, Yousuf Moosa, Fatima Ahmad, Sidra Farooq.
Prevalence of oral diseases — a study done on world oral health day.
Pak Oral Dental J Jan ;35(3):483-4.

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of oral diseases in patients seen in the Oral Diagnosis & Medicine Department of Dental Hospital of Sir Syed College of Medical Sciences for Girls, Karachi on World Oral Health Day 2015. A total of 77 patients with the age range from 8 to 75 year were examined clinically.Gingivitis (50.7%) was the most common disease among all patients followed by irreversible pulpitis (19.4 %),periodontitis (18.2%), ,BDRs (3.9%), reversible pulpitis (2.9%),tobacco staining (1.3%),carious teeth (1.3%) and traumatic ulcers (1.3%). Over all gender distribution of 77 patients indicate high prevalence in male (58%) as compared to females (41%) patients.

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