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ISSN (Print) 1013-9052
EISSN 1658-3558
The Saudi Dental Journal,
P.O. Box 52500,
Riyadh 11563,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
P.O. Box 52500,
Riyadh 11563,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Prevalence Of Tooth Loss In Saudi Arabian School Children: An Epidemiological Study Of Saudi Male Children S. Al-Emran, BDS, MSc* * Department of Orthodontics, Charles Clifford Dental Hospital, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2SZ, England.
The present study was carried
out to determine the prevalence of tooth loss in Saudi male children with
adolescent dentition. Five hundred school-children were investigated, selected
randomly from Riyadh
City. The age group of
the examined sample ranged from 13 years and 6 months to 14 years and 6 months.
Clinical and radiographic examination were performed. The findings revealed
that the total prevalence of lost teeth, including extractions, hypondontia,
and trauma was 13.6%. Tooth extraction was the most dominating cause of tooth
loss (8.6%), followed by hypodontia (4%) and trauma (1%). The mandibular first
molar was the most frequently extracted tooth, the mandibular second premolar
showed the highest fre quency of agenesis and the central incisors were mainly
affected by trauma.
Saudi Dental Journal 1990;2(4):137-140. |