Prevalence of Partial Edentulism Among Patients of Faculty of Dentistry Cairo University

The patterns of tooth loss are evaluated in many selected populations in numerous countries and so the frequency of partial edentulism seems to vary widely between different countries.

The prevalence of various patterns of partially edentulous arches should be frequently revised and updated .

This could help identify the changing treatment needs of the population and provide guidelines to prevent tooth loss emphasis should be placed on dental education, improve the quality of prosthodontic care being provided to patients oral and general health promotion which should highlight the control of common oral diseases such as caries at their various stages of progression and periodontal diseases.

Additionally, regular dental check-ups should be made mandatory at schools, colleges and workplaces and community field trips should be conducted in order that increase in oral health awareness can also discourage patients attitude waiting until acute symptoms develop.

According to our knowledge, no available studies investigated the prevalence of partial edentulism among patients in faculty of dentistry Cairo university. Therefore, this study wouldbe of valuable information to oral health planners for proposing strategies that will help dentalhealth care management in faculty of dentistry Cairo,

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Partial-edentulism

Detailed Description

study will be conducted on Patients above age of 20 years irrespective of sex, race, socioeconomic status having partially edentulism in either or both the arches to detect incidence and occurence of partial edentlism then detect its prevalance

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 362

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Egypt
  • Cairo, Egypt, 002
    • Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine Cairo University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 20 years to 80 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: N/A

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Partially edentulous patients of unknown classes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Study population who satisfied following criteria were included in the study:

  1. Patients above age of 20 years irrespective of sex, race, socioeconomic status having partially edentulism in either or both the arches
  2. Individuals who are willing and cooperative for study

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Completely edentulous patients,
2. patients with teeth extracted for orthodontic purpose
3. Patients with an only missing third molar, un erupted or congenitally missing teeth, root tips,and loose teeth that were indicated for extraction were not included in the study.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Different Kennedy classes	Prevalence of partial edentulism among patients of Faculty of Dentistry Cairo University	"through study completion, an average of 1 year"

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Cairo University

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• 1.Muneeb, A., Khan, B. M., & Jamil, B. (2013). Causes and pattern of partial edentulism/exodontia and its association with age and gender: semi rural population, Baqai Dental college, Karachi, Pakistan. International Dental Journal of students research, 1, 13-18. 2.Sapkota, B., Adhikari, B., & Upadhaya, C. (2013). A Study of Assessment of Partial edentulous patients based on Kennedy's classification at Dhulikhel Hospital Kathmandu University Hospital. Kathmandu University Medical Journal, 11(4), 325-327. 3. Bharathi, M., Babu, K. R., Reddy, G., Gupta, N., Misuriya, A., & Vinod, V. (2014). Partial Edentulism based on Kennedy's classifcation: an epidemiological study. The journal of contemporary dental practice, 15(2), 229- 231. 4. Madhankumar, S., Mohamed, K., Natarajan, S., Kumar, V. A., Athiban, I., & Padmanabhan, T. V. (2015). Prevalence of partial edentulousness among the patients reporting to the Department of Prosthodontics Sri Ramachandra University Chennai, India: An epidemiological study. Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences, 7(Suppl 2), S643. 5. Nayyer, M., Khan, D. A., Gul, H., Aslam, A., Khan, N. B., & Aslam, F. (2020). Patterns of partial edentulism according to kennedy's classification-a cross sectional study. Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 70(Suppl-1), S87-90. 6. World Health Organization. Oral Health Surveys: Basic Methods, 4th ed. Geneva: WHO; 2014.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): August 15, 2022
• Primary Completion (Actual): October 15, 2022
• Study Completion (Actual): October 15, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 17, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 19, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): May 21, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): July 16, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 15, 2025
• Last Verified: March 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: Prevalence

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED