Copyright: © 2015 Nagaveni NB, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. *Corresponding author: Dr. N.B. Nagaveni, Reader, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, College of Dental Sci...

1,4-6Postgraduate Resident, 2Assistant Professor, 3Reader 1,3-5Department of Pedodontic and Preventive Dentistry, Hitkarini Dental College & Hospital, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India 2Department of Pedodontic and Preventive Dentistry, Buraydah Private College, Buraydah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 1,3-5Oral Medicine and Radiology, Hitkarini Dental College & Hospital, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India...

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