Study of prevalence and associated factors of pattern of partial edentulism in rural patients reported to sharad pawar dental college and hospital

This study aims to study the prevalence of pattern of partial edentulism and its associated factors such as age, gender, socioeconomic status and systemic diseases among rural population. The data were collected from 100 patients aged 22 - 60 years of both genders. The survey was based for determining the incidence of Kennedy’s classification with respect to age, gender, occupation and systemic diseases. Kennedy’s class III in both dental arches was the most dominant pattern, with class IV being the least in number. With an increase in age, there was an increase in the Class I and Class II dental arch and a decrease in Class III and class IV in both arches. Gender had no significant relationship with distributions of RPD classification. Edentulism is observed more in workers, farmers and labors especially in kennedy’s class I and II patient’s. Systemic diseases found to be prevalent in class I patients and increasing age. Kennedy’s class III is the most common in both dental arches. Gender had no effect on the prevalence of various Kennedy classes, while age, socioeconomic status and systemic diseases have a significant effect.