Background: The present study was conducted for assessing the incidence of dental caries among a known population. Materials & methods:A total of 200 patients were screened during the study period. Only those subjects were included in the present study who came for routine dental checkup. Complete demographic and clinical details of all the patients was obtained. Radiographic evaluation was done in all the patients. All the patients were screened with biochemical and hematological profile. Mouth mirror and probe were used for carrying out clinical examination. All the results were recorded in Microsoft excel sheet and was subjected to statistical analysis using SPSS software. Results:A total of 200 patients were analyzed. Dental caries was found to be present in 43 percent of the patients. Mean age of the patients with dental caries was 23.5 years. Out of 86 patients with dental caries, 65.11 percent of the patients were males while the remaining were females. Molars were the most commonly involved tooth with dental caries found to be involved in 65.12 percent of the cases. Premolars were involved in 13.95 percent of the cases while canine involvement occurred in 11.63 percent of the cases. Conclusion:Routine oral and dental screening programs should be carried out for early detection of dental caries.