An epidemiological study to know the prevalence of deleterious oral habits among 6 to 12 year old children.

Background: This study was taken to assess the prevalence of deleterious oral habits among 6-12 year old school going children.

Materials & Methods: A sample size of 832 children was finalized with simple random sampling technique including 444 males and 388 females. To get the demographic information and presence of harmful oral habits a closed-ended questionnaire was developed.