Year : 2019

Volume : Volume 10

Issue : Issue 2s

Address for correspondence :
Dr. Tulica Singh.
tulicasingh@gmail.com

Abstract

Background:  Early childhood caries (ECC), formerly referred to as nursing bottle caries and baby bottle tooth decay, remains a significant public health problem. The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) encourages healthcare providers and caregivers to implement preventive practices that can decrease a child’s risks of developing this disease. Materials and Methods: In this current study 150 subject were included in this study. Out of which 89 are boys and 61 are girls. Age group of all the patients are in between 2-5 years. Blood groups of all the subjects were analyzed. All the patients were diagnosed by single examiner. Results: It was observed that in the boys, presence of early childhood caries was more common in blood group O (46%), which is followed by blood group A (27%), B (20%) and AB (8%). Similarly, in girls, it was observed that presence of early childhood caries was more common in blood group O (47%), which was followed by blood group A (28%), B (16%) and AB (8%) Conclusion: There may exit a strong correlation between the Blood groups and Early childhood caries.

Keywords: Blood group, early childhood caries, pedodontics.