Aamir Rafiq, Sumayia Qaiser, Syeda Sameen Zehra Rizvi, Fatima Tu Zahra, Amna Nisar, Zirwah Saeed

Pattern of Partial Edentulism According to Kennedy’s Classification among Patients Presenting in Tertiary Care Hospital of Taxilla

Aamir Rafiq, Sumayia Qaiser, Syeda Sameen Zehra Rizvi, Fatima Tu Zahra, Amna Nisar, Zirwah Saeed



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ABSTRACT

Aim & Objective: This study was conducted with the goal to figure out the pattern of partially dentate arches in patients reporting to Dental Hospital of Taxilla.

Methodology: The study is descriptive cross sectional that was focused on patients visiting the outpatient department of HITEC-IMS Dental College, Taxilla. A total of 224 patients, compromising both males and females, were randomly selected using convenience sampling. Age of the patients was 15-70 years. Informed consent was taken and patients were then visually examined and missing teeth were noted along with demographic information. Partially dentate arches were then classified on the basis of Kennedy’s classification. Collected data was evaluated by using SPSS software (27.0). Chi- square test was applied for analysis.

Results:  224 patients were studied for the pattern of partial edentulism.44.6% patients were presented with partial edentulism in maxilla and 55.3% in mandible. Kennedy class I was 12.9%, Kennedy class II was 25.9%, Kennedy Class III was 54% and Kennedy class IV was 7.2% reported among presenting patients. 45.5% males and 54.5% females show pattern of partial edentulism with Kennedy Class III as the most prevalent class in both maxilla and mandible.

Conclusion: Among the partially dentate arches Kennedy class III is more frequent in mandible than in maxilla. No notable association between pattern of partial edentulism and gender is established.

Keywords: Kennedy’s Classification, Partial edentulism, Removable Partial Denture(RPD)



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