PREVALENCE OF EARLY LOSS OF TEETH IN 0–16-YEAR-OLD TURKISH PEDIATRIC POPULATION: A TEN-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE STUDY

Abstract

Aim: This retrospective study aims to evaluate the extraction frequencies of primary and permanent teeth in Turkish pediatric dental patients according to age and sex. Materials and Methods: Data collected from 21,856 patients aged 0–16 between 2012 and 2021 were evaluated. Primary teeth, permanent first molars, and premolar teeth extraction were evaluated separately.Statistical analyses were performed using student t-tests, one-way ANOVA, Games-Howell post hoc, and chi-square tests. The statistical significance level was set at 0.05 (p