TY - JOUR AU - Batool, Aqsa AU - Faridi, Tallat Anwar AU - Perveen, Ishrat AU - Khan, Salsabeel AU - Khan, Muhammad Azzam AU - Hassan, Syed Bilal PY - 2020/12/31 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Dental caries in children less than 5 years of age and its impact on Quality of Life JF - DIET FACTOR (Journal of Nutritional and Food Sciences) JA - DF VL - 1 IS - 02 SE - Original Article DO - 10.54393/df.v1i02.27 UR - https://dietfactor.com.pk/index.php/df/article/view/27 SP - 30-33 AB - <p>Dental caries may have a huge and direct impact on quality of life of an individual. In case of children, it is even more important to have healthy teeth<strong> Objective: </strong>To evaluate the impact of dental caries on quality of life in children less than 5 years of age<strong> Methods: </strong>In this cross-sectional analytical study conducted in DHQ Hospital, Hafizabad, Pakistan, 370 children of both genders and within age range of 1-5 years during a period of 9 months. Decayed Missing Filled (DMF) Index was used for the assessment of dental caries. Data was analysed by using SPSS version 23.0<strong> Results: </strong>There was high frequency (243, 65.7%) of dental caries in children. Mostly their parents were illiterate (70%) and children were not brushing their teeth regularly (93.8%). <strong>Conclusions:</strong> Poor oral hygiene and dental caries was associated with low quality of life.</p> ER -