Evaluation of the relationship between the prevalence of dental caries and age factor in dental patients

Aim: to evaluate and assess the relationship between the prevalence of caries and age of the patients. methods: this descriptive study was carried out at nishtar institute of dentistry multan from 1st january 2016 to 31st march,2016. a total number of 265 patients were examined randomly having the selection criteria. patients were divided in three age groups. group i with 16-30 years,group ii with 31-45 years and group iii with 46-60 years of age. black's classification of caries was followed. only class i,ii and class iii carious lesions were selected to add in the history record. so these types were recorded in patient's history performa. results: the results rejected the null hypothesis that the age and carious lesions are independent. at degree of freedom 4,the chi square value is 86.4965. the p-value is <0.00001 which is highly significant. conclusion: the prevalence of caries is much common in younger and that the prevalence of caries and age are related.