Missing maxillary first molar in young adult and it’s replacement – A retrospective study

Abstract

Retrospective research was performed among patients attending one of Chennai's private hospitals. The purpose of the research is to examine the incidence of missing maxillary first molar and its replacement in the young adult population. The patients were assessed using the records from the university between June 2019 and March 2020. The data were entered into Microsoft Excel and tabulated. Following which data was imported into the SPSS software by IBM. Data analysis was performed in the statistical software SPSS and data were analyzed by descriptive analysis and Pearson correlation. Patients belonging to the age group, 18-35 with missing maxillary first molar, were selected for the study. The patients undergoing replacement of the missing teeth were evaluated. In this study, we observed that a total of 358 patients had missing maxillary first molar. From a total of 358 patients, 95 patients (26.5 %) underwent replacement of the missing teeth, and 263 (73.46%) did not undergo replacement. The patients who underwent replacement treatment predominantly belonged to the age group 26 to 35 years. A maximum number of patients who underwent treatment belong to the male population (15.92%) [p-value > 0.05]. The type of replacement procedure underwent mostly Temporary partial denture (11.7%), followed by Fixed partial Denture. The maximum number of patients with missing maxillary first molar belongs to the male population of the patients aged 26 to 35 years (42.18%) [P-value ﹤0.05].