Table 2.
Characteristics of the examined cases (No = 162).
| Variable | Number | Percent | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laboratory location in Riyadh | North | 86 | 53.1 |
| South | 1 | 0.6 | |
| Centre | 19 | 11.7 | |
| West | 28 | 17.3 | |
| East | 28 | 17.3 | |
| Practice location in Riyadh | North | 39 | 24.1 |
| South | 3 | 1.9 | |
| Centre | 10 | 6.2 | |
| West | 28 | 17.3 | |
| East | 82 | 50.6 | |
| Type of practice | Governmental | 12 | 7.4 |
| Private | 150 | 92.6 | |
| Type of cast | Maxillary | 77 | 47.5 |
| Mandibular | 85 | 52.5 | |
| Kennedy classification | Class I | 87 | 53.7 |
| Class II | 44 | 27.2 | |
| Class III | 26 | 16 | |
| Class IV | 5 | 3.1 | |
| Mean | SD | ||
| Number of standing teeth | 7.7 | 3 | |
| Number of edentulous dental spaces | 2.1 | 0.7 |