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Volume 4 Issue 4 (July - August, 2016)

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CORRELATION OF PREVALENCE OF VARIOUS KENNEDY’S CLASSES OF PARTIALLY EDENTULOUS CONDITIONS WITH THE PATTERN OF TOOTH LOSS - A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY
Ashish Dewangan, Deeplaxmi

Background: In the past ten decades, the incidence and pattern of tooth loss has expectingly changed due to tremendous improvement in the dental health as a result of increased awareness and availability of modern materials and treatment modalities. So far not even a single study done in Indian population has been documented. This study is taken to correlate the prevalence of various Kennedy’s classes of partially edentulous conditions with the pattern of tooth loss in the patients attending the Department of  Prosthodontics, Crown and bridge. Materials and methods: Patients were examined thoroughly with the mouth mirror and probe for the missing teeth and will be classified according to Kennedy’s classification. The patient is intervened to find out age. The collected data will be subjected to statistical analysis using test of proportion. Results and Conclusion: The most common class of partial edentulousness in the studied subjects irrespective of age and sex was Kennedy’s class III. The incidence of partial edentulism in the mandible was more common than partial edentulism in the maxilla. The maximum incidence of Class III was encountered in age group lying between 18-30 years.
Key words: Removable partial denture classification, Kennedy’s classification.

 
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