Evaluation of the reasons for tooth extraction amongst patient referred to tabriz school of dentistry, Iran

Abstract

Damage to the tooth and its supporting structure is one of the commonest problems amongst patients. Tooth extraction is always the last choice in dentistry. This study aimed to determine the causes of tooth extraction in patients referred to the surgical ward of Tabriz Dentistry School. This analytical descriptive cross-sectional study was performed on 200 patients from September 2014 until August 2015. General information of the patient, site and causes of tooth extraction after clinical examination were recorded in a questionnaire. Data was recorded in SPSS software version 16 and was analyzed by using descriptive statistics (frequency, percentage) and analysis ?2 and p<0.05 was considered significant. In this study, 200 patients were studied (66 men and 134 women). The most common causes of tooth extraction were irreparable dental caries (74.5%), misplaced teeth (29.5%) and complete denture therapy (3.5%). Complete denture therapy was seen more at the ages of 50(61.4%) and with less frequency at the age groups 10-20 and 21-30 years old. Dental caries is still the main reason of tooth extraction without considering the age and sex. Other than dental caries, misplaced teeth were also a common cause for extraction. آ© Medwell Journals, 2016.