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Background: Dental caries is described as an infectious microbiologic disease of the teeth, with Streptococcus mutans likely to be the primary causative agent. The condition causes the calcified tissues to dissolve and break down locally.
Material and Methods: There were 272 participants in this descriptive cross- sectional study, A non-probability convenience sampling technique was used. The institutional ethical review committee given its approval to this project. The community received a thorough explanation of study procedures and data usage for research. A Proforma consisting of ten questions was distributed to the participants. SPSS version 27 was used to analyze the data, and the results were shown as percentages and frequencies.
Results: The prevalence of Early Childhood Caries was diagnosed in (49%) participants out of 272 participants. There was (33.1%) age group 3-4 years, (33.8%) age group 4-5 years and (33.1%) age group 5-6 year. The (51.8%) participants were male and (48.2%) were female. The (50.7%) participants were breast feeding and (49.3%) participants were bottle feeding. (21.3%) participants were affected anterior teeth and (19.5%) participants were posterior teeth and (59.2%) participants are involved the anterior and posterior teeth (both).The (62.1%) participants have used proper tooth brush and (37.9%) participants do not use tooth brush. The participants that’s involved upper jaw (18.8%) and participants involved lower jaw (8.8%) and participant that’s involved the upper and lower jaw (both)(72.4%) in caries. The (62.5%) were used sweets and (37.5%) participants do not use the sweets.
CONCLUSION: In our study, early childhood caries primarily affected both upper and lower jaw, with 197(72.4%) participants affected. The caries mostly involved both the anterior posterior teeth of the participants. The ECC was most commonly observed in participants who brushed their teeth less frequently and did not maintain proper oral hygiene.