@article{article_358078, title={Age and gender related tooth loss and partial edentulism among the adulthoods}, journal={Turkish Journal of Clinics and Laboratory}, volume={10}, pages={156–162}, year={2019}, DOI={10.18663/tjcl.358078}, author={Oyar, Perihan and Öztürk, Caner and Can, Gülşen and Altıncı, Pınar and Ersel, Derya}, keywords={tooth loss,partial edentulism,age,gender}, abstract={<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%;"> <b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">Aim: </span> </b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us"> Despite the
improvements in preventive measures and restorative techniques in dentistry,
tooth loss still remains as a significant problem. The determination of the
edentulism prevelance may provide a new perspective for the patient-oriented
treatment alternatives. The aim of the study was to evaluate the influence of
gender and age on the prevelance of tooth loss. </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%;"> <b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">Material and Methods: </span> </b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us"> The data were
gathered from the randomly selected 722 diagnostic models obtained from the
patients consulting to the Ankara University, Faculty of Dentistry, between 2015
and 2016. Models were evaluated under 6 groups as followings; full dentition,
Kennedy Class I-IV and total edentulism. Each model was classified according to
the gender and age. Statistical analysis were performed by using Chi-Square
test and log-linear model analysis and odds ratios also calculated (p˂0.05). </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%;"> <b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">Results: </span> </b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">Gender has no effect on
the edentulism whereas age significantly affects the number of tooth loss and
the prevelance of edentulism. The loss prevelance of teeth 34, 36 and 37 was
higher in females, while the tooth 24 loss was more common in male patients (p≤0.05). </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%;"> <b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">Conclusion: </span> </b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">The number of tooth
loss and edentulism significantly increase with the age. However, there was no
relation between gender and prevelance of tooth loss and edentulism. prevention
measures for oral health should be increased in elderly people. </span> <b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us"> </span> </b> </p> <p> <b> </b> </p> <b> </b> <p> <b> </b> </p> <b> </b> <p> <b> </b> </p> <b> </b>}, number={2}, publisher={DNT Ortadoğu Yayıncılık A.Ş.}