Partial edentulism and its correlation with educational status: a hospital-based study
Background: Maintenance of oral hygiene is one of the most important factors to prevent tooth loss. Education plays a significant role to maintain good oral hygiene. The objective of the study was to determine partial edentulism based on Kennedy’s classification and to find out correlation between...
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| author | Bhumesh Kaphle Ashish Shrestha Tarakant Bhagat Daniel Shrestha Suresh Bhandari Umesh Jha |
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Background: Maintenance of oral hygiene is one of the most important factors to prevent tooth loss.
Education plays a significant role to maintain good oral hygiene. The objective of the study was to determine
partial edentulism based on Kennedy’s classification and to find out correlation between partial edentulism
and educational status.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out among 189 partially edentulous patients visiting dental
OPD of three government hospitals. Patients above 18 years of age were selected using non-probability
convenience sampling, 63 from each center. History taking and visual examination were done after getting
informed consent from the participants. Descriptive (mean, median, standard deviation, range, ratio and
percentage) and inferential (Man-Whitney test) statistics were applied.
Results: In 189 partially edentulous patients 61% were females and 39% were males, and 48.1% people
had no formal education. Kennedy’s Class III was most common (59% in maxillary, 61% in mandibular
arches) and Kennedy’s class IV was least common (1% in maxillary, 6% in mandibular arches). From the
study, we found that the number of teeth missing was higher in people with no formal education and there
was statistically significant difference in the number of missing teeth in people with formal education and
people who didn’t have any formal education (p<0.05).
Conclusion: The study showed that education plays a vital role in generating awareness about maintenance
of oral hygiene and people who are educated have a tendency of retaining more of their natural dentition.
Preventive educational programs should be focused in the low education group so that more effective
outcomes can be achieved.
Keywords: Caries, Edentulism, Kennedy’s classification, Oral hygiene, Periodontal Disease
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| spelling | doaj.art-2347f8f237314f268c2c849d4265bd502023-12-12T18:49:10ZengKarnali Academy of Health SciencesJournal of Karnali Academy of Health Sciences2616-00642676-13272020-12-0132Partial edentulism and its correlation with educational status: a hospital-based studyBhumesh Kaphle0Ashish Shrestha1Tarakant Bhagat2Daniel Shrestha3Suresh Bhandari4Umesh Jha51Dental Surgeon, Karnali Academy of Health Sciences, Jumla, NepalBPKIHSBPKIHSBPKIHSBPKIHSBPKIHS Background: Maintenance of oral hygiene is one of the most important factors to prevent tooth loss. Education plays a significant role to maintain good oral hygiene. The objective of the study was to determine partial edentulism based on Kennedy’s classification and to find out correlation between partial edentulism and educational status. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out among 189 partially edentulous patients visiting dental OPD of three government hospitals. Patients above 18 years of age were selected using non-probability convenience sampling, 63 from each center. History taking and visual examination were done after getting informed consent from the participants. Descriptive (mean, median, standard deviation, range, ratio and percentage) and inferential (Man-Whitney test) statistics were applied. Results: In 189 partially edentulous patients 61% were females and 39% were males, and 48.1% people had no formal education. Kennedy’s Class III was most common (59% in maxillary, 61% in mandibular arches) and Kennedy’s class IV was least common (1% in maxillary, 6% in mandibular arches). From the study, we found that the number of teeth missing was higher in people with no formal education and there was statistically significant difference in the number of missing teeth in people with formal education and people who didn’t have any formal education (p<0.05). Conclusion: The study showed that education plays a vital role in generating awareness about maintenance of oral hygiene and people who are educated have a tendency of retaining more of their natural dentition. Preventive educational programs should be focused in the low education group so that more effective outcomes can be achieved. Keywords: Caries, Edentulism, Kennedy’s classification, Oral hygiene, Periodontal Disease https://www.jkahs.org.np/jkahs/index.php/jkahs/article/view/404CariesEdentulismKennedy’s classificationOral hygienePeriodontal Disease |
| spellingShingle | Bhumesh Kaphle Ashish Shrestha Tarakant Bhagat Daniel Shrestha Suresh Bhandari Umesh Jha Partial edentulism and its correlation with educational status: a hospital-based study Journal of Karnali Academy of Health Sciences Caries Edentulism Kennedy’s classification Oral hygiene Periodontal Disease |
| title | Partial edentulism and its correlation with educational status: a hospital-based study |
| title_full | Partial edentulism and its correlation with educational status: a hospital-based study |
| title_fullStr | Partial edentulism and its correlation with educational status: a hospital-based study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Partial edentulism and its correlation with educational status: a hospital-based study |
| title_short | Partial edentulism and its correlation with educational status: a hospital-based study |
| title_sort | partial edentulism and its correlation with educational status a hospital based study |
| topic | Caries Edentulism Kennedy’s classification Oral hygiene Periodontal Disease |
| url | https://www.jkahs.org.np/jkahs/index.php/jkahs/article/view/404 |
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