2020-20-03
Dentistry
Brief Background
A few studies have been conducted to understand the
reasons for tooth extractions in adult age groups with
little attention being paid to the elderly population. The
present retrospective study was carried out to evaluate the
indications for tooth extraction among elderly.
Methodology
A total of 211 records of patients aged above 60 years
were reviewed. All the reasons for tooth extraction such
as dental caries, periodontitis, trauma, endo- perio lesions
beyond salvaging the tooth, prosthetic reason or tooth in
the line of radiation were recorded. The chi-square test
was applied to check the association between tooth loss
to the tabulated data collected for demographic details,
oral hygiene practices and medical problems.
