Association between screen time to dental caries risk among 12 years old school children in Mangalore city- A multiphase study

Today’s generation with their digital technology competence are being more exposed to devices like smartphones, electronic tablets, laptops, televisions and video gaming devices. All this affects children’s learning, their health related behaviours, attitudes and there overall growth and development. . It also leads to increased consumption of high sugar foods , and sweetened beverages making children prone to dental caries Thus we wanted to find association between screen time and dental caries risk among 12-year-old school children in our study.