Prevalence and Association of Children Requiring Stainless Steel Crown in Maxillary First Permanent Molars

Stainless steel crown also known as preformed metal crowns are utilized for providing full coverage to young permanent teeth and extensively used restorative material in permanent teeth. The present study aims to find the prevalence and association of children requiring stainless steel crowns in maxillary first permanent molar. A retrospective study was done by collecting required datas in University hospital between June 2019-March 2020. Datas on age, gender and tooth requiring stainless steel crown in maxillary first permanent molar were obtained after reviewing 5,000 case sheets. Descriptive statistics and chi- square test was done using SPSS statistical analyser 20.0. The prevalence rate of children requiring stainless steel crowns in maxillary permanent first molars was 1.02% (n=51). The prevalence of children requiring stainless steel crown in maxillary permanent first molar was less .There is no statistical significance association between requirement of stainless steel crown requirement with age (p=0.638) and gender (p=0.921) in children .Within the limitations of the study , there is no statistically significant association between gender, age and stainless steel crown requirement in children.