The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of caries in anterior teeth of Dakshina Kannada population based on age, gender, location, dietary habits, occupation, and oral hygiene habits. Other factors such as the prevalence of caries amongst the various anterior teeth, the prevalence of caries between the maxillary and mandibular arch, prevalence of caries among various surfaces of anteriors and the correlation between caries incidence and anterior crowding was also assessed in this study. The present study was conducted on 1000 patients visiting the
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