Socio-Demographic and Economic Factors Affecting the Acceptance of Removable Dentures
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Auteurs : Lgi Baran ; Gülfem Ergün ; Mustafa SemizSource :
- European Journal of Dentistry [ 1305-7456 ] ; 2007.
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The aim of this study was to evaluate relationships between the socio-demographic and economic factors of patients and the reasons of admission, usage periods of the two types of clinics, frequencies of denture changes, satisfaction levels and preferences of prosthetic dental treatment.
510 partially and/or totally edentulous patients were studied using a questionnaire. The questionnaire consisted of questions; age, gender, education level, income status, problems with dentures, necessity for new dentures. Also asked was the place that the subjects would prefer to get their denture treatment, irrespective of their income level. In this study, Z-test was used to analyze two-sample proportions, T-test was used to determine two-sample means and Chi-square test was used to determine relationship between two classified variables.
The number of male patients with complete dentures was more than the number of females, with an opposing trend for partial dentures. Irrespective of gender, each patient had had nearly two dentures by the time of questioning. It was also observed that the university clinics were generally preferred by patients from higher income levels with a higher educational level (x
With respect to dental condition and the acceptance of removable dentures, there were differences among gender, educational level and income status.
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The questionnaire consisted of questions; age, gender, education level, income status, problems with dentures, necessity for new dentures. Also asked was the place that the subjects would prefer to get their denture treatment, irrespective of their income level. In this study, Z-test was used to analyze two-sample proportions, T-test was used to determine two-sample means and Chi-square test was used to determine relationship between two classified variables.</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>The number of male patients with complete dentures was more than the number of females, with an opposing trend for partial dentures. Irrespective of gender, each patient had had nearly two dentures by the time of questioning. It was also observed that the university clinics were generally preferred by patients from higher income levels with a higher educational level (x<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b2-0010104">2</xref>=25.206, P<.00). When patients were asked where they would prefer denture treatment, regardless of cost, private practice was the preferred-choice.</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusions</title><p>With respect to dental condition and the acceptance of removable dentures, there were differences among gender, educational level and income status.</p></sec></div></front><back><div1 type="bibliography"><listBibl><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct><biblStruct></biblStruct></listBibl></div1></back></TEI><pmc article-type="research-article" xml:lang="EN"><pmc-dir>properties open_access</pmc-dir>
<front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Eur J Dent</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Eur J Dent</journal-id><journal-title>European Journal of Dentistry</journal-title><issn pub-type="ppub">1305-7456</issn><issn pub-type="epub">1305-7464</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Dental Investigations Society</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="pmid">19212485</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="pmc">2609945</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">dent1_p104</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Original Articles</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Socio-Demographic and Economic Factors Affecting the Acceptance of Removable Dentures</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Baran</surname><given-names>İlgi</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="af1-0010104">a</xref><xref ref-type="corresp" rid="c1-0010104"></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Ergün</surname><given-names>Gülfem</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="af2-0010104">b</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Semiz</surname><given-names>Mustafa</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="af3-0010104">c</xref></contrib></contrib-group><aff id="af1-0010104"><label>a</label>Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Kirikkale, Kirikkale, Turkey</aff><aff id="af2-0010104"><label>b</label>Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Gazi, Ankara, Turkey</aff><aff id="af3-0010104"><label>c</label>Department of Statistics, Faculty of Art and Sciences, University of Selçuk, Konya, Turkey</aff><author-notes><corresp id="c1-0010104">Corresponding author: Dr. İlgi Baran, Kirikkale Universitesi, Dishekimligi Fakultesi, Protetik Dis Tedavisi AD, 71100, Kirikkale, Turkey, Phone: +90 318 224 49 27, Fax : +90 318 224 46 83, E-mail :
<email>ilgiee@hotmail.com</email></corresp></author-notes><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><month>4</month><year>2007</year></pub-date><volume>1</volume><issue>2</issue><fpage>104</fpage><lpage>110</lpage><copyright-statement>Copyright 2007 European Journal of Dentistry. All rights reserved.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2007</copyright-year><abstract><sec><title>Objectives</title><p>The aim of this study was to evaluate relationships between the socio-demographic and economic factors of patients and the reasons of admission, usage periods of the two types of clinics, frequencies of denture changes, satisfaction levels and preferences of prosthetic dental treatment.</p></sec><sec sec-type="materials|methods"><title>Materials and Methods</title><p>510 partially and/or totally edentulous patients were studied using a questionnaire. The questionnaire consisted of questions; age, gender, education level, income status, problems with dentures, necessity for new dentures. Also asked was the place that the subjects would prefer to get their denture treatment, irrespective of their income level. In this study, Z-test was used to analyze two-sample proportions, T-test was used to determine two-sample means and Chi-square test was used to determine relationship between two classified variables.</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>The number of male patients with complete dentures was more than the number of females, with an opposing trend for partial dentures. Irrespective of gender, each patient had had nearly two dentures by the time of questioning. It was also observed that the university clinics were generally preferred by patients from higher income levels with a higher educational level (x<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b2-0010104">2</xref>=25.206, P<.00). When patients were asked where they would prefer denture treatment, regardless of cost, private practice was the preferred-choice.</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusions</title><p>With respect to dental condition and the acceptance of removable dentures, there were differences among gender, educational level and income status.</p></sec></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Removable denture</kwd><kwd>Socio-demographic factors</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><body><sec sec-type="intro"><title>INTRODUCTION</title><p>Edentulism can substantially affect oral and general health as well as the overall quality of life.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b1-0010104">1</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b2-0010104">2</xref></p><p>A recent national survey of a United States population estimated that the mean tooth loss in subjects aged 30–34 and 60–64 years was 2.6 and 13.2 teeth, respectively.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b3-0010104">3</xref> A national survey of a United Kingdom population found 6.6 and 9.5 missing teeth among 35–44 and 45–54 years old, respectively.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b4-0010104">4</xref> Comparisons with other studies show that tooth loss is higher than that reported for the populations of Brazil, China and Kenya.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b5-0010104">5</xref>–<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b7-0010104">7</xref></p><p>Total or partial edentulism is a good indicator of the oral health of a population.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b8-0010104">8</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b9-0010104">9</xref> The prevalence and extent of tooth loss has decreased significantly in many developed countries during recent decades.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b3-0010104">3</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b10-0010104">10</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b11-0010104">11</xref> Some studies have reported that the incidence of edentulism correlates with educational level and income status, with those in lower levels exhibiting higher risks of becoming totally edentulous.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b1-0010104">1</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b9-0010104">9</xref></p><p>Of particular interest are the changes in edentulism that occurred in the population between the ages of 65 and 74. Some authors have suggested that, by the year 2020, less than 15% of the population will be edentulous. This would be in keeping with the decrease in edentulism that has occurred over the past few decades.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b12-0010104">12</xref></p><p>The problem associated with edentulousness is that it is a common condition which affects 20–25% of the entire adult population, with increasing figures in elderly groups. For example, roughly 1½-2 million people lack natural teeth in one or both jaws in Sweden. It has also been estimated that 5–10%, about 100,000 adults, of those with edentulism have great difficulties in tolerating dentures for one reason or another. Corresponding figures for the US indicate that there are more than 20 million edentulous people, with 1–2 million subjects that have adaptation problems to removable dentures.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b13-0010104">13</xref></p><p>In Turkey, there is no complete dental insurance. However, basic treatment items, such as tooth extractions, filling and periodontal treatment are included in the Turkish general health insurance. For more comprehensive treatments, such as prosthodontic services, patients or their private insurance providers must pay in half of the cost.</p><p>Studies evaluating the oral health and the considerations of treatment of oral health may be successful only with the common effort of dentists, educators, politicians and the dental industry.</p><p>Of special importance, the Turkish prosthetic dental treatment is practiced at universities, state hospitals (oral health centers) and by private practitioners.</p><p>The aim of the present study is to describe the different dental conditions in the younger population of Turkey and to analyze the patterns of socioeconomic and attitude-related factors associated with dental conditions at an oral health center and the Department of Prosthodontics at Kırıkkale University. The relationships among the socio-demographic and economic factors of patients and the reasons of admission, usage periods of the two types of clinics, frequencies of denture changes, satisfaction levels and preferences of prosthetic dental treatment are statistically evaluated.</p></sec><sec sec-type="materials|methods"><title>MATERIALS AND METHODS</title><p>This study was performed on patients who applied for complete or partial denture treatment at the Oral Health Center of Ministry of Health (OHC) and the Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Kırıkkale University. The study group consists of 510 patients, 233 of whom (45.7%) applied to the university clinic and 277 (54.3%) that applied to OHC. The participants of this study were 510 patients, aged 50 years and over. The ages of the participants ranged from 56 to 58 (mean 57.21 yrs) in males and from 53 to 55 (mean 54.55 yrs) in females.</p><p>A 10 item questionnaire not including private questions such as name, address, etc; were presented to 510 randomly selected subjects among the patients who applied for removable prosthetic treatment at the OHC and university clinic. The questionnaires were conducted face-to-face between subjects and the dentists who planned this study. The questionnaires was constructed from an analysis of the literature detailing variables describing prosthetic needs and standards of life associated with oral health.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b14-0010104">14</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b15-0010104">15</xref> In the present study the following 10 variables were used.</p><list list-type="order"><list-item><p>General and dental health insurance.</p></list-item><list-item><p>Application for removable prosthetic treatment at the OHC and the university clinic.</p></list-item><list-item><p>Gender; male or female.</p></list-item><list-item><p>Education; none (no education), literate without diploma, primary (<11 years), secondary (>12 years) and university or higher.</p></list-item><list-item><p>Economic status; low, medium, high or very high. There has not been a consensus on various socio-economic classifications in Turkey because of the unstructured nature of society. Therefore, for the purpose of this study, the standard occupational classification system designed by the Office of Population Census and Surveys, London (OPCS1994)<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b14-0010104">14</xref> and Prime Ministry of the State Institute of Statistics, Republic of Turkey (DIE)<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b15-0010104">15</xref> (modified based on local conditions), was used and patients were classified into socio-economic groups.</p></list-item><list-item><p>Denture prevalence; fixed partial denture, removable partial and/or complete denture.</p></list-item><list-item><p>The number of prosthetic dentures used; how many removable dentures do you wear?</p></list-item><list-item><p>Problems with dentures; aesthetics, maladjustment, broken denture and satisfaction with denture.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b16-0010104">16</xref></p></list-item><list-item><p>Most common problems related to previous denture type.</p></list-item><list-item><p>Preferred location of dental service, regardless of cost.</p></list-item></list><sec><title>Statistical analysis</title><p>Data was analyzed using frequency distributions tables and figures. The responses were evaluated with different statistical methods according to the types of questions. In this study, z-test was used to evaluate two-sample proportions, t-test was used to evaluate two-sample means and chi-square tests were used to evaluate the relationship between two classified variables.</p></sec></sec><sec sec-type="results"><title>RESULTS</title><p>Partial denture treatment was applied to a majority of the 510 patients. The number of the male patients with complete dentures was more than the number of female patients, with an opposite result for partial dentures. For patients participating in the questionnaire, the proportion of complete denture was observed to be 38.3% for males and 28.7% for females. Therefore, the proportion of complete dentures between males and females was significantly different, the proportion of males was about 10% more than the proportion of females (P=.0232). Moreover, of the patients having partial dentures, 49.0% were male and 58.3% were female. The difference was statistically significant (P=.037). With respect to gender, the proportion of removable denture was 13.0% and 12.7% for males and females, respectively. The difference was not statistically significant (P=.920) (<xref ref-type="table" rid="t1-0010104">Table 1</xref>).</p><p>The relationship between patient’s gender and the most frequently faced problem associated with denture wearing, including maladjustment, breakage, unpleasant esthetics, allergic reactions, tooth loss, corruption of supportive teeth, etc was investigated. The most frequently faced problems were maladjustment (36.9%) and broken denture (11.9%). These two problems were not associated with gender. However, esthetic problems are observed nearly twice as often in female patients than in male patients. Overall, the relationships between gender and patients’ complaints were not statistically significant (x<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b2-0010104">2</xref>=7.621, P=.055). There is not a statistically significant relationship between gender and the reasons for requiring new dentures (x<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b2-0010104">2</xref>=6.794, P=.236). However, some reasons, including fractured denture, broken connector and denture incompatibility, seem to occur more frequently in male patients. Female patients require removable dentures due to tooth loss and other reasons, as seen in <xref ref-type="table" rid="t2-0010104">Table 2</xref>.</p><p>If patients had enough income, 46.1% would prefer private clinics. Of the patients who had previously received dental treatment in university clinics, 38.3% would prefer university clinics again. The counterpart proportion of the OHC patients was 47.8%. University clinics and OHC lose their patients because the ratio of preference for these locations is less than 50%. Patients who received dental service at private clinics prefer the same places (63.4%). Patients who used policlinic services also prefer private clinics 79.2%. Consequently, if patients have enough income, they mostly prefer private clinics, as seen in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="f1-0010104">Figure 1</xref> (x<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b2-0010104">2</xref>=5.6884, P<.001).</p><p>Questionnaires were given at OHC and at a university clinic. The education level of patients who applied to OHC was mostly at primary and secondary school levels. Most of the patients who applied to the university clinic had secondary school and a university degree, as seen in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="f2-0010104">Figure 2</xref> (P<.001).</p><p>With respect to when the first removable denture treatment was received, there was a significant relationship between education level and age (x<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b2-0010104">2</xref>=25.854, P=.011). It was also observed that most of the patients in the “none” education group received their first prosthetic application after 56 years of age. The corresponding age range for the illiterate group was 46–55. Those patients having a primary or greater education level generally need their first denture treatment at the age of 36, as seen in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="f3-0010104">Figure 3</xref>.</p><p>In this study; a significant difference was found between educational level and the type of last denture. The patients having no education had a total denture, whereas the patients of other education levels had a partial denture (x<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b2-0010104">2</xref>=18.395, P=.018) (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="f4-0010104">Figure 4</xref>).</p><p>There seems to be a significant relationship between income and the center where the patients went for removable denture treatment. Low-income patients applied to the OHC (49%) and the university clinic (51%) whereas, middle and high income groups applied mostly to the OHC. However, patients in the very high income level mostly went to the university clinic (85%) (x<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b2-0010104">2</xref>=25.206, P<.001), as seen in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="f5-0010104">Figure 5</xref>.</p></sec><sec sec-type="discussion"><title>DISCUSSION</title><p>Since much of the tooth loss results from periodontal disease and dental caries, tooth loss is a reliable measure of a population’s oral health status.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b12-0010104">12</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b17-0010104">17</xref> In recent decades, the prevalence and extent of tooth loss have decreased in many countries.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b3-0010104">3</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b10-0010104">10</xref> This decline may be attributed to the increase in the awareness of the importance of oral health in the population.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b18-0010104">18</xref> The relationship between tooth loss and the need of prosthetics is highly complex. In the dental literature, there are different ways of determining socio-economic status and the needs of prosthetics. There is no information on the rate of tooth loss and prosthetic needs in Turkey. This study was undertaken to assess the prevalence and extent of denture use while also evaluating associated demographic factors such as gender, socio-economic status and educational level in two different clinics.</p><p>In this study, the data for the patients who applied to the OHC and university clinic for prosthetic dental treatment were statistically evaluated. The 510 patients who participated in the questionnaire were randomly selected. These questionnaires, consisting of 10 questions, were presented to the patients personally by the dentists who planned this study. Patients were not guided in any way and their personal information was not recorded.</p><p>Mattin and Smith,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b19-0010104">19</xref> who worked on Asians living in England in 1991, examined the dental cases of 1995 people and reported that 70% of the subjects used removable dentures. They also reported that fifteen percent of these patients went to a dentist regularly while the others went to a dentist when they had a problem with their removable denture.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b19-0010104">19</xref> In the current study, patients who joined this study mostly had partial dentures.</p><p>Most studies have shown significant gender differences in edentulism, with more males becoming edentulous than females.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b20-0010104">20</xref>–<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b22-0010104">22</xref> On the contrary, Marcus et al<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b8-0010104">8</xref> observed that the prevalence of edentulism had no relationship with gender. In the present study woman requested mainly partial dentures whereas men mostly requested complete dentures. It was shown that complete dentures were provided to more males than females. In addition, Marcus et al<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b8-0010104">8</xref> indicated that the older age groups required more removable complete dentures than the younger age groups, while the younger age groups required more removable partial dentures. Of particular interest are the changes in edentulism that occurred in the population aged 65 to 74 years between 1958 and 1971. Approximately 10% more adults in this age group were edentulous in 1971 when compared to the same group in 1958.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b8-0010104">8</xref> An earlier study showed that there was a need for the replacement of 24% of complete dentures and 55% of removable partial dentures in patients who were 60 years old.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b17-0010104">17</xref> The present study showed that removable denture treatment was given to younger patients (the female group was 53.73 years old and male group was 57.28). This has been attributed to the fact that males have a more active life-style than females, and also that the males do not pay adequate attention to oral care.</p><p>When the average number of dentures applied to the patients who participated in the study were evaluated, female patients had an average of 2.29 denture treatments and male patients had an average 2.37 denture treatments; indicating that women require their dentures less than men, with a small difference. On the other hand, with this observation, the prejudice of “females have more denture treatments than males” can not be supported.</p><p>Findings of several studies show a higher tooth loss in females than males.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b4-0010104">4</xref>–<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b7-0010104">7</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b11-0010104">11</xref> In contrast, within the UK population, tooth loss was similar in the two gender groups.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b8-0010104">8</xref> The present study is about prosthetic needs with regard to the national pattern of decreasing edentulism in Turkey. It was determined that socioeconomic status and low educational level were negatively associated with edentulism; this conclusion is similar to the results of previous studies.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b1-0010104">1</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b2-0010104">2</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b9-0010104">9</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b12-0010104">12</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b23-0010104">23</xref></p><p>Studies of removable dentures wearers revealed that between 20% and 30% were dissatisfied with one or both dentures. For new and well-constructed dentures, between 10% and 15% of the patients were still dissatisfied.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b24-0010104">24</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b25-0010104">25</xref> Silverman et al<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b26-0010104">26</xref> claimed that males accepted their dentures best. Barenthin<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b27-0010104">27</xref> found that women were somewhat more sensitive than men to the condition of their dentures. In the current study, the data indicated that women (46.8%) and men (42.4%) were satisfied with their dentures. When gender and the complaints from dentures were evaluated together, there did not seem to be a significant difference between maladjustment and broken denture complaints. The complaints about aesthetics were seen mostly among females. The reasons of tooth loss and denture incompatibility did not depend on gender. In this case, the patients requested denture treatment only when necessary.</p><p>John et al<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b28-0010104">28</xref> reported that partial dentures were more tolerable than their complete counterparts. If the prior denture types and the patient complaints were evaluated together, patients wearing partial dentures were generally pleased with the conservatism and functionality expected from partial dentures. The older age groups in the present study required more removable complete dentures than the younger age groups, who required more removable partial dentures. Patients who used complete dentures had various complaints, including maladjustment, incompatibility and excessive moving of total dentures. This is an expected situation because total dentures are only tissue supported. In the prosthetic treatment decision making process, a patient-clinician dialogue is important in achieving an optimal treatment result. If expensive prosthetic treatments (e.g. implant treatments) are made financially available for all individuals by means of subsidies, this can influence the existing needs and create a new need among the population.</p><p>The results also showed that the education level of patients who applied at the OHC for treatment were at primary or secondary school levels. Most of the patients who applied at the university clinic had secondary school or a university degree. In the previous studies, the patients who had no education had a total denture and other education levels had a partial denture. Also, previous studies have reported the same-association between educational levels and general and/or oral health.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b5-0010104">5</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b29-0010104">29</xref>–<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b31-0010104">31</xref></p><p>In addition, there seems to be significant relationship between income status and the treatment center where the patients apply. Low-income patients applied to the OHC (49%) and the university clinic (51%), while middle and high income groups applied mostly to the OHC. However, patients with very high income status mostly go to the university clinic. In this study, dental care was significantly associated with gender, age, level of education and income status. These results are in accordance with several other studies.<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b5-0010104">5</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b22-0010104">22</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b29-0010104">29</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b32-0010104">32</xref>–<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b34-0010104">34</xref></p></sec><sec sec-type="conclusions"><title>CONCLUSIONS</title><p>This study clearly revealed that edentulism is dependent on a combination of various factors, including socio-demographic status, education level, income situation and socio-economic condition. 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<hr></hr></th><th colspan="4" align="center" rowspan="1">Educational Level
<hr></hr></th><th colspan="3" align="center" rowspan="1">Income Level
<hr></hr></th></tr><tr><th align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Type</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Male</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Female</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">None</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Primary</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Secondary</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">University</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Low</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Medium</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">High</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Complete</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">94
<break></break>38.3%</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">71
<break></break>28.7%</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">22</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">67</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">55</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">21</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">118</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">42</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Partial</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">120
<break></break>49.0%</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">144
<break></break>58.3%</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">23</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">107</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">89</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">44</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">186</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">61</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">9</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Comp./Part.</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">31
<break></break>12.7%</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">32
<break></break>13.0%</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">4</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">34</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">18</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">47</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">12</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">3</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Total</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">245</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">264</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">49</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">208</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">162</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">72</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">351</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">115</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">15</td></tr></tbody></table></table-wrap><table-wrap id="t2-0010104" position="float"><label>Table 2</label><caption><p>Patient number and percentage distribution by gender and problems with reason for require new denture.</p></caption><table frame="hsides" rules="groups"><thead><tr><th align="left" rowspan="2" colspan="1">Denture problems</th><th colspan="2" align="center" rowspan="1">Gender
<hr></hr></th><th align="center" rowspan="2" colspan="1">Total</th></tr><tr><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Male</th><th align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Female</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Maladjusment</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">79
<break></break>41.4%</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">61
<break></break>32.4%</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">140
<break></break>36.9%</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Broken</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">24
<break></break>12.6%</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">21
<break></break>11.2%</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">45
<break></break>11.9%</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Aesthetic</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">7
<break></break>3.7%</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">18
<break></break>9.6%</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">25
<break></break>6.6%</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Satisfied</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">81
<break></break>42.4%</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">88
<break></break>46.8%</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">169
<break></break>44.6%</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Total</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">191</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">188</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">379</td></tr></tbody><tbody><tr><td colspan="4" align="left" rowspan="1">Reasons for require
<hr></hr></td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Broken of denture</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">32
<break></break>59.3%</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">22
<break></break>40.7%</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">54
<break></break>100%</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Tooth loss</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">88
<break></break>47.6%</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">97
<break></break>52.4%</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">185
<break></break>100%</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Missing denture</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1
<break></break>50.0%</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">1
<break></break>50.0%</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">2
<break></break>100%</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Broken of connecture</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">5
<break></break>55.6%</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">4
<break></break>44.4%</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">9
<break></break>100%</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Denture incompatibility</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">62
<break></break>55.4%</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">50
<break></break>44.6%</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">112
<break></break>100%</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Other</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">6
<break></break>30.0%</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">14
<break></break>70.0%</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">20
<break></break>100%</td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Total</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">194
<break></break>50.8%</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">188
<break></break>49.2%</td><td align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">382
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