The incidence of tooth loss and restorations in al-Shamsiat Village

Abstract EN

The aim of this research is to inves-tigate the incidence of tooth loss, distrib-ution of tooth loss in the oral cavity, the incidence of smoking habits and its rela-tion to tooth loss and to evaluate the moti-vation of patients to replace their missing teeth and their attitude toward the type of replacement, either fixed or removable in rural area (Al–Shamsiat village) in Nine-vah Governorate.

A sample of 500 individual aged 15–70 years was selected randomly and ex-amined using special chart prepared for this study.

The results showed that 337 subjects were with partially missing of teeth.

Three subjects (3.96%) with complete loss of teeth and the rest (160 subjects, 32%) were complete natural teeth.

The study showed that there is no significant relationship between smoking and tooth loss.

The mot-ivation of patients was toward the type of prosthesis that are made mostly of remov-able acrylic type.

A high percentage of population (64.86%) desire to replace their missing teeth in the village, which reflect the need of dental health, and dental treatment in the community.