Reasons Relating to the Extraction of Permanent Teeth in the Regional Population

Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate the reasons for extractions of permanent teeth in the regional population METHODS: During the period of six months, data was recorded from the patients those who required the teeth extraction for the treatment, using a specially designed survey form. The reasons for tooth extraction were assigned to different causes, i.e., Dental caries, Root stumps, Periodontitis, Trauma, Impaction, Therapeutic and Retained deciduous and others. The data requested for each extraction were: Age of the patient, sex, diagnosis, number of teeth, anterior teeth and posterior teeth. RESULTS: A total of 297 permanent teeth were extracted from 200 patients during the study period of 6 months from January to June 2018. The age of the patients ranged 15 to above 65 years. Total of 297 teeth were extracted, 95(47.5 %) male and 105(52.5%) were female. largest numbers of teeth were extracted in the age groups of 35-44 in females (15%) and 25-34 in males (13.5%) years followed. ). Periodontitis (37%) was found to be the main cause of tooth extraction followed by dental caries (29%) in the study population.