ANALYSIS OF PARTIAL EDENTULISM OF KENNEDY CLASS IV BASED ON GENDER AND ARCH- A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY

Abstract

Background: Edentulism is a sequel of tooth loss that leads to impairment of function, comfort, esthetics and speech.
Kennedy’s classification is a common classification used to classify partial edentulism and It helps to understand
edentulism in a defined manner. The partial edentulism patients may have physical variations and health that differ
for each individual.
Aim: The aims of this study to evaluate the prevalence of Kennedy’s Class IV classification based on gender and arch.
Materials and Methods: A retrospective study was conducted among patients visiting Saveetha Dental College and
data were retrieved from Dental Information Archiving Software (DIAS). Parameters were assessed including gender
and arches of Kennedy’s Class IV classification. Data were collected and tabulated in Microsoft Excel sheets and
Statistical analysis was done using SPSS Software. The association between study variables was calculated using the
Chi-Square test, where p<0.05 was considered statistically significant.
Results: In this study, a total of 96 patients with partial edentulism of Kennedy’s Class IV are more common in males
(60.4%) than females and the most common arch was found to be mandibular arch (50.1%). There is no significant
difference between the gender and arches for patients with Kennedy’s Class IV partial edentulism (p>0.05). Hence,
statistically not significant.
Conclusion: Within the limits of this study, this study showed that the prevalence of Class IV Kennedy’s classification
of partial edentulous, male patients is most affected and the lower arch is being the most common arch.