What is it about?
It is about categorizing the partially edentulous arches based on Kennedy’s classification and to explore the association of partial edentulism with gender, age, and reason for teeth loss among patients in a tertiary care center in Nepal.
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Why is it important?
The present study showed that the most prevalent partial edentulism was Kennedy’s class III. There is an increase in classes I and II of the Kennedy classification and a decrease in classes III with an increase in age.
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The present study showed that the most prevalent partial edentulism was Kennedy’s class III. There is an increase in classes I and II of the Kennedy classification and a decrease in classes III with an increase in age.
Dr Sanjay Prasad Gupta
Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital
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This page is a summary of: The Association of Age, Gender, and Reason of Tooth Loss with Patterns of Partial Edentulism among Patients Reporting to a Dental Teaching Hospital, International Journal of Prosthodontics and Restorative Dentistry, June 2023, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishing,
DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10019-1402.
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