The estimation of early first permanent molars loss in Benghazi children and adolescent aged from 6-14 years
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.64171/JAMS.2025.5.4.4-7Keywords:
First permanent molars, Early tooth loss, Children, Adolescent, ExtractionAbstract
Aim: This study was conducted to evaluate the percentage of early first permanent molars loss in Benghazi Children and adolescents Aged From 6-14 Years.
Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted involving 661 patients attending the Dental Clinical Center. The inclusion criteria include: communicative healthy patients, aged between 6 and 14 years, had at least one fully erupted first permanent molar and parental or guardian consent to participate in the study. In this study, the early extracted first permanent molar teeth in both the maxillary and mandibular arches on the right or left side were recorded. Data was presented with descriptive statistics and chi-square tests were applied using IBM SPSS Statistics software 20. The significance level was set at (P < 0.05).
Results: A total of 36 (8.30%) children and adolescents from the sample had early missing first permanent molars, most cases of loss about the age of ten with no significant difference between the two genders.
Conclusion: In our study, the percentage of early extraction of first permanent molars was slightly lower. The mandible arch had a higher percentage of loss than the maxilla and the right mandibular first permanent molars were the most teeth lost.
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