Research Article
Factors Associated with the Edentulousness of Patients Coming for Consultation to the Dental Services in the City of Mahajanga Madagascar
1Department of Prosthodontics at Tropical Odonto-Stomatological Institute of Madagascar (IOSTM), University of Madagascar, Madagascar
2Department of Public Health at Tropical Odonto-Stomatological Institute of Madagascar (IOSTM), University of Madagascar, Madagascarn
Received Date: September 09, 2022; Published Date: October 03, 2022
Abstract
Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the factors associated with the edentulousness of patients coming for consultation to the dental services in the city of Mahajanga Madagascar.
Methodology:It was a case-control study. The cases were constituted by the individuals who came to the dental service for consultation with partial or total edentulousness, with or without dental prostheses while the controls were constituted by individuals who came to the dental service for consultation without missing teeth. The sample size was 210, including 105 cases and 105 controls (1 case for 1 control). The Odds Ratio (OR) was used to determine if the studied variables are factors associated with edentulousness and the 95% Confidence Interval (CI95%) was used to identify if the association between edentulousness and studied variables was statistically significant.
Results: Age (OR=3.2 and CI95%=1.3–7.5), toxic habits (OR=9.8 and CI95%=4.3-22.2), environment factor (source of drinking water with OR=0.1 and CI95%=0.02-0.4) and factor related to the oral hygiene (materials and products used for oral hygiene and frequency of oral hygiene) are associated with edentulousness.
Suggestions:According to the results, sensitization of the population on the harmful consequences of edentulousness and on earlier consultation to the dentists when there are oral problems were suggested.
Keywords:Associated factors; Case-control study; Edentulousness
