Executive Summary:
The present study aims at providing Atraumatic Restorative Treatment to rural
population and to evaluate the efficiency of ART approach in the rural area of
Puducherry. The study was conducted in two Primary Health Centers, Schools and
Colleges in age group ranging from 5-75 yrs. A total of 1500 individuals were
provided ART, the evaluation of ART was done in 6 and 3 months period which
included 1180 individuals. The loss to follow up was 10.08%. A total of 267 and 793
single surface restorations were done in deciduous teeth and permanent teeth with
91.3% success rate with 95% Confidence Interval (CI) of 87.96 to 94.8 and 95.7%
with 95% Ci of 94.29 to 97.13 respectively.