ABSTRACT

An alveoloplasty is a preprosthetic surgery that smoothen the jawbone. Usually this procedure was done after tooth extraction especially in complete denture patients. The main goal for this procedure is to provide better retention and stability for dental prosthesis. The aim of this study is to assess the prevalence of alveoloplasty procedure among complete denture patients. A total of 68000 case records of patients were evaluated between the period of January 2019 and December 2019. The study was conducted on patients between the ages of 30 to 80 years old. Case records which were complete and data regarding alveoloplasty treatment were included for the study. Incomplete case records were excluded. Convenient sampling method was used and photographic verification was done for cross verification of data. All the data was verified by a single trained examiner. Chi square test was done and the association between age and gender with alveoloplasty treatment were found to be statistically not significant. The present study showed that the prevalence for alveoloplasty treatment among complete dentures patients was at 6.03%. Population aged 50-59 years old most commonly underwent alveoloplasty. Within thelimit of our study, it could be concluded that prevalence of alveoloplasty among complete denture patients are low. Males had higher prevalence for alveoloplasty treatment compared to females patients. Complete denture patients aged 50-69 years had a higher predilection for alveoloplasty in comparison to others although it was statistically not associated. Keywords: Alveoloplasty; Extraction; Incidence, Preprosthetic surgery, Incidence
Publication date: 01/08/2021

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2021/10.8.1071