Six-years Review of Tooth Mortality in a Selected Population in Baghdad, Iraq

摘要

Tooth Mortality survey was done six years after the previous report by Dhia et al to determine whether any changes had occurred in the mortality of a comparable sample of patients. It was done on 760 patients attending the periodontics department, at the college of Dentistry, Badhdad, Iraq in 1994. The percentage of distribution of tooth loss in each age group, shows no statistical differences with the previous report, however the mean loss of teeth in the periodontitis group rose significantly. This may be attributed to many factors and the most important one is the continuous UN embargo against Iraq since 1990. In conclusion, higher mortality rates were found in this report especially in older age groups.