Prevalence of Oral Diseases in Pediatric Population in Karachi, Pakistan-A Cross-Sectional Survey
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Study design: This descriptive cross sectional multi-center study was designed to be conducted in the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery clinics of tertiary care facilities. The time period of data collection was 2 years and 6 months. All pediatric patients aged 0-17 years after clinical assessment and initial diagnosis were included in the study. Study, making sample size of 1062 patients. The data was categorized as 13 items with help of SPSS 17 and frequency of diseases according to age and gender were calculated on that basis.
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