بررسي ميزان شيوع بي دنداني در ايران در سالهاي 78-1377

A Study of the prevalence of edentulous cases in Iran during 1998-1999

Aim: The purpose of this investigation was to assess the prevalence of edentulous patiants in Iran dunring 1998-1999. Edentulouness is a good indicaton of evaluating oro -- dental health status inapulation. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to evaluate the prevalence of edentulous cases in people above 35 years in three cities of Iran. (Torbat-e-heidarieh in the west Yazd in the center and Hamadan in the east) Material & Methods: The study was carried out by means of a question sire as well as clinical examination with random sampling out of 1191 participants. The percentages of edentuluseness were 52.4% in Hamadan, 32.8% in Torbateheidarieh, and 40.7% in Yazd, while 5.78% in Hamadan , 3.4% in Torbate heidarieh and 6% in Yazd had all their 28-32 teeth. Results: Results of this study showed that edeutulusness had significant relation with the following Factors : Age, education, oral health status. There was no significant relationship betweek gendar and and edentulousness