Epidemio-Clinical Profile of Edentulousness of Patients Who Came for Prosthetic Restoration to the Dental Care and Treatment Centre in Mahajanga from 2015 to 2019

Objective: The aim of this study was to describe the epidemio-clinical profile of edentulous of patients who came for prosthetic restoration to the dental care and treatment centre (CSTD) in the Tropical Odonto-Stomatological Institute of Madagascar (IOSTM) in Mahajanga Madagascar from 2015 to 2019.

Methodology: A retrospective descriptive study was conducted at CSTD of IOSTM in Mahajanga Madagascar from 2015 to 2019, Recruitment was exhaustive from the medical records of patients who came for consultation for prosthetic restoration. All inadequately completed medical records were excluded. A total of 181 patients were included. Socio-demographic characteristics, edentulousness characteristics and edentulousness therapy were the study variables.

Results: Of the 181 edentulous patients, the majority were women (66.9%) with a sex-ratio equal to 0.49. The average number of missing teeth was equal to 11.65 ± 8.86 teeth and 53.6% of the patients had one to 12 missing teeth. Class 3 edentulousness was the most frequently diagnosed in the maxilla and class 1 in the mandible. In the maxilla, 55.7% of the prostheses worn were Partial removable denture, 29.5% were Fixed Prosthesis (FP) and 14.8% were complete removable denture and in the mandible, 66.9% of the prostheses worn were Partial removable denture, 22.9% FP and 10.3% complete removable denture.

Suggestions:Patients should be made aware of edentulousness and therapeutic means so that they receive various information and knowledge in order to motivate them to restore missing teeth.

Keywords: Edentulousness, Orofile, Epidemio clinical