Prevalence of Prosthodontic Appliances Replacement in Erbil City

Abstract

Background and objectives: to determine the prevalence of prostheses requested by Erbil city, prosthesis is an artificial substitute that replaces the missing part. Material and Methods: totally 405 people aged 30 - 79 years were randomly taken as source of data in Erbil population; the chart was filled up in an interview then managed statistically. Several types of data were obtained to reach the most appropriate decision. Results: The persons were subdivided in to dentate (28.15 %) and edentulous (71.85 %), the edentulous fall in to two categories, with appliances (47.1%) and without appliances (52.9%) were the with appliance are subdivided to; implant (1.72%), bridge (13.33%), partial denture (13.58%) and complete denture (6.17%), The main reason for non seeking replacement was education (65.58%). Discussion: Edentulism is considered one of the most common problems in the word, Erbil city is one of these cities. Conclusions: The results shown that persons who don’t wear appliance are more than those who wear it and education factors are the reasons for its rejection.