Abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the reasons for primary teeth extraction and to identify the most frequently extracted tooth among Jordanian children who were seen at a pedodontic clinic at King Hussein Medical Center in Amman – Jordan.
Method: In this study, 111 boys (48.3%) and 119 girls (51.7%) were evaluated. Their ages ranged from 2 to 13 years. All children who had one primary tooth extracted during the period of the study were included. Descriptive statistics were used, including the patient’s age, gender, the number of teeth, tooth type extracted, and reasons for extraction were recorded.
Result: A total of 230 primary teeth were extracted. The results appear that the most common cause of primary tooth extraction
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The first primary molar was the most frequently extracted teeth in children.
Keywords: Tooth extraction, Dental caries, reasons; pattern, prevalence, Tooth
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The patients were 2 to 13 years old age. Table I shows the gender distribution of the patients with one primary tooth extracted was 48.3% male and 51.7% female, illustrating that there were no statistical differences in assessment by gender. Table II shows a distribution of reasons for extraction for all tooth type; dental caries was the predominant cause of tooth extraction among patients comprised 47% of them. Table III shows detail about the type of teeth extracted, first primary molar were the most common tooth type extracted 48.7% of teeth extracted. Table IV provides distribution of extracted primary teeth by tooth type and age. There were differences in the extraction of the teeth type by the patients age, between ages 2 to 5 years, more than half of primary teeth extracted were central incisors 59.3%, while for the patients aged between (6-9) and (10-13) years the first primary molars were the most common tooth type extracted 56.4% and 59.7% respectively. Table V shows the percentage distribution of primary teeth type according to the reason of extraction. For central incisor dental caries, followed by mobility were the most common reason for extraction (31.5%) and (29.6%) respectively. For lateral incisors, dental caries was the most common reason for extraction (40%). While for primary canine they are most commonly extracted for an orthodontic reason (41.7%). First
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