ABSTRACT

Aim was to determine the prevalence of Dental wear among the patients who reported to Saveetha Dental College and to correlate the association with age of the patients and presence of any underlying systemic disease. The current study was done for 150 patients that walked into Saveetha Dental College between a time span of a year, with a complaint of tooth wear. Data was collected from the record maintenance system of the college. Data was tabulated in an Excel sheet and the results and statistics were obtained using the SPSS software. Descriptive statistics was used to describe the frequency of the distribution and Correlation analysis was performed to derive a relation between dental attrition, age, and presence of systemic disease. Descriptive statistics and Correlation analysis was performed at 5% level of significance. Erosion was the most commonly found type of dental wear predominantly in the age group of 51-60 years, followed by 41-50. 20% cases with dental wear belonged to the age group of less than 40 years. 30.6% of totally examined patients with dental wear presented with a systemic disease. Statistical analysis did not reveal any significant correlation. The study shows a shifting trend showing patients under the age group of 40 years presenting with dental wear. The presence of dental wear in association with underlying systemic diseases were also dwelled upon. Studies with larger sample sizes need to be done to establish an accurate relation between these factors as they could play a major role in understanding the multifactorial etiology of this phenomenon thereby enhancing the process of diagnosis and treatment planning. Keywords: Age; Attrition; Dental Erosion; Dental Wear; Tooth wear; Systemic Diseases
Publication date: 01/08/2021

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2021/10.8.1053