The Impact of Early Childhood Caries on Oral Health-Related Quality of Life of Children and Caregivers Residing in Rural and Urban Areas of the Rangareddy District.

Early childhood caries is a condition that impacts oral health-related quality of life of children's development and well being and also affects parents' work hours and poses a financial burden on them. Our objective was to study and compare the impact of early childhood caries on the quality of life of preschool children aged 22-70 months and their caregivers in an urban and rural population using the early childhood oral health impact scale. The study was conducted on children of the Rangareddy district, Telangana state, aged between 22 -70 months affected by early childhood caries and their parents/guardians.

Automated Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter Measurement Using Super-pixel Analysis.

The optic nerve is a part of the central nervous system surrounded by cerebrospinal fluid and is encased in a sheath. Changes to the cerebrospinal fluid due to injury, tumor rupture and so on can increase intracranial pressure (ICP) and can result in changes in the sheath diameter. Measuring the changes in the sheath can be done through ultrasound imaging with which the optic nerve sheath diameter can be measured.

Assessment of caries prevalence among children below 5 years old.

Context: In the current scenario of developing countries, dental caries has been a long-standing challenge in the oral health issue and still on the rise.

Aim: The aim of the following study is to estimate the caries prevalence in the primary dentition among children below 5 years of age.

Materials And Methods: [corrected] Study population included both boys and girls below 5 years old attending KGF Dental College and Hospital, Karnataka.