Table 2.
Reasons for tooth extraction by age, gender and education level
| Dental caries | Periodontal problems | Impaction or supernumerary | Malocclusion | Preprosthetic reasons | Other reasonsb | Total | |
| Gender | |||||||
| Male | 821 (55.9) | 257 (17.5) | 143 (9.7) | 54 (3.7) | 83 (5.6) | 112 (7.6) | 1,470 (100) |
| Female | 516 (44.9) | 120 (10.4) | 222 (19.3) | 135 (11.7) | 24 (2.1) | 133 (11.6) | 1,150 (100) |
| Age group in yearsa | |||||||
| ≤20 | 44 (19.5) | 0 | 61 (27) | 104 (46) | 0 | 17 (7.5) | 226 (100) |
| 21—30 | 373 (49.7) | 13 (1.6) | 210 (28) | 78 (10.4) | 0 | 77 (10.3) | 751 (100) |
| 31—40 | 227 (59.7) | 38 (10) | 58 (15.3) | 5 (1.3) | 0 | 52 (13.7) | 380 (100) |
| 41—50 | 335 (59.8) | 115 (20.5) | 20 (3.6) | 2 (0.4) | 30 (5.4) | 58 (10.3) | 560 (100) |
| 51—60 | 204 (50.1) | 123 (30.2) | 10 (2.5) | 0 | 42 (10.3) | 28 (6.9) | 407 (100) |
| 61—70 | 106 (55.2) | 59 (30.7) | 4 (2.1) | 0 | 13 (6.8) | 10 (5.2) | 192 (100) |
| ≤71 | 48 (46.2) | 29 (27.9) | 2 (1.9) | 0 | 22 (21.2) | 3 (2.8) | 104 (100) |
| Education levela | |||||||
| Complete secondary school and higher | 375 (47.4) | 58 (7.3) | 190 (24) | 72 (9.2) | 13 (1.6) | 83 (10.5) | 791 (100) |
| Incomplete secondary school | 769 (53.9) | 208 (14.6) | 169 (11.8) | 103 (7.2) | 51 (3.6) | 127 (8.9) | 1,427 (100) |
| Primary school and lower | 193 (48) | 111 (27.6) | 6 (1.5) | 14 (3.5) | 43 (10.7) | 35 (8.7) | 402 (100) |
| Total | 1,337 (51) | 377 (14.4) | 365 (13.9) | 189 (7.2) | 107 (4.1) | 245 (9.4) | 2,620 (100) |
Figures are numbers with percentages in parentheses.
a
χ2 test: p < 0.001.
b
Other reasons include: failure of previous dental treatment, financial problems, trauma esthetic reasons and others.