Research Article
Dental Caries in Permanent First Molar and Its Association with Carious Primary Second Molar among 6–11-Year-Old School Children in Sunsari, Nepal
Table 3
Surfaces-wise distribution of dental caries on molars (n = 612).
| Surfaces | Primary second molar n (%) | Permanent first molar n (%) |
| Occlusal | 331 (54.1) | 219 (35.8) | Buccal | 88 (14.4) | 38 (6.2) | Lingual | 123 (20.1) | 24 (3.9) | Mesial | 221 (36.1) | 21 (3.4) | Distal | 148 (24.2) | 19 (3.1) |
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