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| Year : 2009 | Volume
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Partial edentulousness in a rural population based on Kennedy's classification: An epidemiological study
Nayana Prabhu, Sandeep Kumar, Marriete D'souza, Veena Hegde
Department of Prosthodontics and Maxillofacial Prosthetics, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal, India
Correspondence Address:
Nayana Prabhu
Department of Prosthodontics and Maxillofacial Prosthetics, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal-576 104, Karnataka
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0972-4052.52869
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Edentulousness falls in a special category among the various conditions of dental origin. Tooth loss is the dental equivalent of mortality. A simple estimation of the proportion of the partial edentulous persons is a rough indication of the prevalence of dental diseases and the success or failure of dental care. The epidemiological features of partial edentulousness of one community or one village can be evaluated on the basis of a cross-sectional house-to-house survey. In this study a cross-sectional house-to-house survey was carried out at Herga village of Udupi District, Karnataka, India. The aim of this study is to evaluate the epidemiological features of partial edentulousness in the age group of 35-44 years in a rural population based on the Kennedy classification. Chi-square test was conducted and results were obtained and P value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. |
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