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| Year : 2011 | Volume
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Prevalence of Carabelli Trait in Garhwali Population, Uttarakhand
Pradeep S Tangade, TL Ravishankar, Amit Tirth, Anmol Mathur, Manu Batra
Department of Public Health Dentistry, Kothiwal Dental College & Research Centre, Kanth Road, Moradabad-244001, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Objective: The purpose of the study was to determine the prevalence, degree of expression of the carabelli structure, and caries prevalence in the carabelli structure in the permanent first and second maxillary molars in a selected Garhwali population of Uttarakhand.
Materials and Methods: 300 subjects of age ranged from 12 - 55 years were selected from the camps organized by Department of Public Health Dentistry, Kothiwal Dental College, Moradabad in the month of March 2009. The sample was restricted to population, who were permanent residents of Garhwal region.
Results: The prevalence of the carabelli structure was 60% with a bilateralism of 83.6% in the first maxillary molars and 74.6% in the second molars. The Carabelli structure was found to be 27.3% as a groove expression and 32.7% as a cusp expression. The prevalence of caries in the Carabelli structure was 18.1% for the first molars and 16.2% for the second molars. For the groove expression, caries prevalence was 4.3% in the first molar and 5.9% in the second molar. And for the cusp expression, it was 13.8% in the first molar and 10.3% in the second molars.
Conclusion: More than half of the Garhwali population has a degree of expression of the carabelli structure and the Carabelli trait is associated with increased caries incidence.
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