Survey of Dental Abscesses in Elementary School Patients in Shiraz between Years of 2016-2017

Karimi M.D*

Received: June 07, 2018;   Published: June 12, 2018

DOI: 10.32474/MADOHC.2018.02.000144

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Abstract

Regarding the high prevalence of tooth decay and the occurrence of multiple dental abscesses in patients between ages of 7 to 9 which results in early loss of primary teeth; and consequently causes problems in chewing, occlusion and loss of space, paying attention to this matter is very essential. For this reason, a call for a routine dental examination was announced to the majority of Shiraz elementary schools by Apple Dental Clinic. Fortunately, most of them collaborated, and more than 5,000 of students took part in this survey. The project was led by Dr. Mohammad Karimi and Dr. Hassan Dehghan. It took 1 year to get the following results.

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