Vadavadagi Suneel V, Srinivasa H, Goutham G B, Hajira Nausheen, Lahari M, Reddy G T Prasantha
Professor and Head, Department of Prosthodontics, SJM Dental College and Hospital, Chitradurga, Karnataka, India.
Reader, Department of Orthodontics, Sri Siddhartha Dental College, Agalkote, Tumkur, Karnataka, India.
J Int Oral Health. 2015;7(Suppl 2):60-3.
Despite advances in preventive dentistry, edentulism is a major public health issues worldwide. Edentulism is an enervating and unrepairable condition and is described as the "final marker of disease burden for oral health." The objectives of the present study are to determine the relationship between socio-demographic variables and partial edentulism, and to evaluate the prevalence of various classes of partial edentulism by using Kennedy's classification.
Cross-sectional, descriptive study was conducted in an institution, on randomly selected individuals. The study group included adult patients who attended the outpatient Department of Prosthodontics during February-April 2015 formed the study participants. Data were collected by using a pre-formed pro-forma and Chi-square test was used to explore the relationship between two variables.
A population comprised of 384 individuals between the age group of 18 and 35 years. Of these, 204 (53.12%) were males and 180 (46.88%) were females. Two hundred and eighty eight individuals were partially edentulous showing a prevalence rate of 75%. 51.04% of the study subjects were lost their teeth because of periodontol disease. 73.4% belonged to the upper middle class and 75.4% were in lower middle class in partially edentulous subjects. 45.8% had a fair oral hygiene status. Kennedy's class III was the most common type of partial edentulism in upper jaw and lower.
The present study concluded that prevalence of partial edentulism among the study population was high. They need community-based oral health programs to increase the awareness and reduce the risk of tooth loss.
尽管预防牙科取得了进展，但无牙颌仍是全球主要的公共卫生问题。无牙颌是一种使人衰弱且无法修复的状况，被描述为“口腔健康疾病负担的最终标志”。本研究的目的是确定社会人口统计学变量与部分无牙颌之间的关系，并使用肯尼迪分类法评估各类部分无牙颌的患病率。
在一家机构对随机选取的个体进行横断面描述性研究。研究组包括2015年2月至4月期间到口腔修复科门诊就诊的成年患者，这些患者构成了研究参与者。通过使用预先制定的表格收集数据，并使用卡方检验来探讨两个变量之间的关系。
研究人群由384名年龄在18至35岁之间的个体组成。其中，男性204名（53.12%），女性180名（46.88%）。288人有部分牙齿缺失，患病率为75%。51.04%的研究对象因牙周疾病而失牙。在部分无牙颌患者中，73.4%属于中上层阶级，75.4%属于中下层阶级。45.8%的人口腔卫生状况一般。肯尼迪III类是上颌和下颌部分无牙颌最常见的类型。
本研究得出结论，研究人群中部分无牙颌的患病率较高。他们需要基于社区的口腔健康项目来提高认识并降低牙齿缺失的风险。
