Method: A cross sectional epidemiological study was conducted in 5 government Primary schools of remote
Chandibhanjyang Village Development Committee (VDC) in Chitwan district. Ethical approval was taken from the
Institutional Review Board within the Research Department of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Tribhuvan University.
Consent was obtained from parents for conducting clinical examination and administrating questionnaire.
Permission was taken from the school principal in all schools. Data was collected using a pretested questionnaire
on 131 schoolchildren aged 8-16-year- olds attending Grade 3–5. Clinical examination was conducted on 361
school children aged 5–16 –year-olds attending grade 1–5. Criteria set by the World Health Organization (1997) was
used for caries diagnosis. The questionnaires, originally constructed in English and translated into Nepali were
administered to the schoolchildren by the researchers. SPSS 11software was used for data analysis.