TO KNOW THE AETIOLOGY OF PERMANENT TEETH EXTRACTION IN PEOPLE OF KARACHI

Objective: Tooth loss is one of the main indicators of general oral health in a given population. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the causes of permanent tooth extraction and its relationship with gender and age. Study design: A cross-sectional study. Methods: Data were collected from Abbasi Shaheed hospital, Karachi and general dental specialists from the dental clinics in Karachi for one-year duration from June 2018 to June 2019. Inclusion criteria is more than 10 years old and is indicated for permanent tooth extraction. The 424 patients were males and females were 267 and they were according to their age groups alienated into 6 groups. Data were entered into SPSS version 20.0 program and the results were analysed. Results: In young patients of 20 to 29 years; highest percentage of extraction was noted. The most important cause of tooth extraction was dental carries in the 20 to 29 age group (33.3%), after that orthodontics was measured as a major reason for extraction of tooth in the similar age group. The periodontal diseases were the utmost supreme reason of tooth extraction in the forty to forty nine (23.4%) and fifty to fifty nine age group (37.5%). The lowermost reason for tooth extraction in men and women was when trauma and periodontal disease are in combination. Conclusions: While tooth decay was the foremost cause of tooth extractions followed by orthodontics in young patients, in older patients the main cause of tooth extraction was periodontal diseases. Keywords: Extraction, tooth, periodontal disease, caries