Dental caries prevalence, oral health knowledge and practice among indigenous Chepang school children of Nepal

Lonim Prasai Dixit1, Ajay Shakya1, Manash Shrestha2, Ayush Shrestha2
1Department of Community Dentistry, Peoples Dental College and Hospital (PDCH), Kathmandu, Nepal
2Dental Surgeon, PDCH, Kathmandu, Nepal

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