Authors

karaBit Z.Z

Abstract

In developing countries, teeth extraction is still the most common treatment despite the big developments in medicine. In Syria, researches about the reasons of tooth extraction  are very few compared to those conducted in other countries. Those researches are indicators of oral health and teeth preservation. This cross sectional study was conducted to investigate the reasons of tooth extraction in a sample of 695 patients who visited the clinics of teeth extraction in the Faculty of Dentistry at Syrian Private University during 2016 from February to May. The cases of 1130 extracted teeth were studied, patients’ age ranged from 10 to 80 years. The results showed that the main reason of tooth extraction is caries with 45.66%, while the extraction due to periodontal disease formed 24.07%, for restorative and orthodontics reasons ranked third forming 18.50% and for other reasons (root canal treatment failure – trauma – impact teeth) formed 11.78%. The study showed that the most extracted teeth because of caries were the mandibular first molars, whereas the most extracted ones because of periodontal disease were the premolars. The posterior teeth in the total sample were the most extracted due to caries

Keywords

extraction, caries, periodontal disease, trauma